Rabirius

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Răbīrĭus: i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens. Thus,
   1    C. Rabirius, a tribune of the people; and,
   2    C. Rabirius Postumus, a knight; both of them defended by Cicero in orations still extant.—
   3    An indifferent philosophical writer, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 5. —
   4    An excellent poet, Ov. P 4, 16, 5; Quint. 10, 1, 90. — Hence,
II Răbīrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Rabirius, Rabirian: domus, Cic. Att. 1, 6, 1.