Caecilius
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κεκίλιος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Caecĭlĭus: a,
I name of a Roman gens.
1 C. Caecilius, Cic. Fl. 36.—
2 Q. Caecilius Metellus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5; Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 82.—
3 His son of the same name, called also Balearicus, for his triumph over the Baleares, Cic. Brut. 74, 259; Flor. 3, 8, 1.—
4 Caia (Gaia) Caecilia, the Roman name of Tanaquil, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—
5 Caeciliae, daughters of Q. Cœcilius Metellus the elder, Cic. Dom. 47, 123.—
6 Caecilia, daughter of Metellus Balearicus, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99, and 2, 40, 83.—
7 Caecilius Statius, a Roman comic poet, of the ante-class. per., of Gallic origin, contemporary with Ennius; his comedies were by the ancients considered equal to those of Plaut. and Ter., and by many even preferred to them, Varr. ap. Non. p. 374, 8; Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 10, 40; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; id. Brut. 74, 258; Hor. A. P. 54 sq.; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Vulcatius Sedigitus ap. Gell. 15, 24.—
II Derivv.
A Cae-cĭlĭus, a, um, adj., Cœcilian, of Cœcilius: familia, Vell. 2, 11; cf.: lex de ambitu, Cic. Sull. 22, 62: lex de repetundis, Val. Max. 6, 9, 10: et Didia lex de legibus ferendis, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41; 20, 53; id. Sest. 64, 135.—
B Caecĭlĭā-nus, a, um, adj., Cœcilian: fabula, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15: senex (in a comedy of Cæcilius), id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46: pater, Quint. 11, 1, 39; Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: cerasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102: lactuca (named after Q. Cæcilius Metellus), id. 19, 8, 38, § 127; cf. Col. 10, 182.—Also,
2 Caecĭlĭānus, i, m., a Roman cognomen, Tac. A. 3, 37; 6, 7; 16, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Cæcĭlĭus,¹⁰ ĭī, m., Cæcilius Statius, poète comique de Rome : Cic. de Or. 2, 50 || nom d’une gens à laquelle appartenait la famille des Métellus : Cic. Fl. 36, etc. || -us, a, um, de Cæcilius : Cæcilia Didia lex Cic. Phil. 5, 8, loi Cæcilia-Didia [proposée par Cæcilius et Didius || Cæcĭlĭānus, a, um, de Cæcilius : Cic. Tusc. 3, 56 ; Cæciliana cerasa Plin. 15, 102, sorte de cerises rondes ; lactuca Plin. 19, 127, laitue pourprée || subst. m., nom d’homme : Tac. Ann. 3, 37, etc.