Roscius

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ῥώσκιος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Roscĭus: i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens.
I L. Roscius, a Roman ambassador, slain in a revolt at Fidenæ, Liv. 4, 17, 2.—
II L. Roscius Otho, a friend of Cicero, who, when tribune of the people, A. U.C. 686, carried through a law that fourteen rows of seats in the theatre next to those of the senators should be appropriated to the knights, Cic. Mur. 19, 40; Liv. Epit. 99; Ascon. ap. Cornel. p. 784; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; Juv. 14, 324. The law just referred to was called Lex Roscia, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62; Tac. A. 15, 32.—
III Q. Roscius Gallus, a freedman from Lanuvium, a very celebrated actor, the intimate friend of Cicero, who defended him in an oration still extant. His excellence soon became proverbial: videtisne, quam nihil ab eo (sc. Roscio) nisi perfecte, nihil nisi cum summā venustate flat, etc.... Itaque hoc jam diu est consecutus, ut in quo quisque artificio excelleret, is in suo genere Roscius diceretur, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 130; 59, 251; id. Arch. 8, 17; cf. id. Brut. 84, 290; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 82. — Hence,
   B Roscĭā-nus, a, um, adj., Roscian: imitatio senis, Roscius's, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242.—
Sex. Roscius, of Ameria, defended by Cicero, A. U. C. 674, in an oration still extant, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; id. Brut. 90, 312.—
Lucius Roscius, who commanded a legion under Cæsar, Caes. B. G. 7, 53; id. B. C. 1, 10.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Rōscĭus,⁸ ĭī, m., nom d’une famille rom.; not^t L. Roscius Othon, auteur de la loi qui réglait les places au théâtre : Cic. Mur. 40 || Q. Roscius, célèbre comédien, ami de Cicéron qui plaida pour lui : Cic. Arch. 17 ; de Or. 1, 130 || Sext. Roscius d’Amérie, défendu par Cicéron : Cic. Off. 2, 51 || L. Roscius, lieutenant de César : Cæs. G. 5, 24, 2 ; 5, 24, 7 ; 5, 53, 6 ; || -ĭānus, a, um, de Roscius : Cic. de Or. 2, 242.

Latin > German (Georges)

Rōscius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten I) Q. Roscius, aus Lanuvium, der größte Schauspieler in Rom zu seiner Zeit, vertrauter Freund und Lehrer Ciceros in der Vortragskunst, Cic. de or. 1, 124 u. 129 sq.; Arch. 17. – appellat., ein Roscius = ein Meister in seinem Fache, s. Cic. de or. 1, 130; Brut. 290. – Dav. Rōsciānus, a, um, roscianisch, imitatio, Cic. de or. 2, 242. – II) Sex. Roscius aus Ameria, der, des Vatermordes angeklagt, von Cicero in einer noch vorhandenen Rede verteidigt wurde, Cic. Brut. 312. – dah. die Rede Rōsciāna, ae, f. (verst. oratio), Mart. Cap. 5. § 441. – III) L. Roscius Otho, Freund Ciceros und Volkstribun, Verf. der lex Roscia, Cic. Mur. 40. – Dav. Rōscius, a, um, roscisch, lex, durch das die Ritter besondere Sitze im Theater bekamen, Cic. Phil. 2, 44.