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|lshtext=<b>Caesar</b>: ăris (CAESERIS, C. I. L. 4, 2308; Inscr. Orell. 4205: CAESARVS, C. I. L. 1, 696), m., = [[Καῖσαρ]] [a caeso matris utero, Plin. 7, 9, 7, § 47; cf. Non. p. 556, 32:<br /><b>I</b> a caesarie [[dictus]], qui [[scilicet]] cum caesarie [[natus]] est, Fest. p. 44; cf. Comment. p. 383. Both etymm. also in Isid. Orig. 9, 3, 12, and Spart. Ael. Ver. 2. Better acc. to Doed. Syn. III. p. 17, from [[caesius]], [[caeruleus]], the [[color]] of the [[skin]]; cf. [[Rufus]], a [[cognomen]] in the [[gens]] Julia. Of these the [[most]] [[celebrated]], C.[[Julius]] [[Caesar]], [[distinguished]] as [[general]], [[orator]], [[statesman]], and [[author]], [[was]] assassinated by [[Brutus]] and [[Cassius]], B.C. 44. After him all the emperors [[bore]] the [[name]] [[Caesar]], [[with]] the [[title]] [[Augustus]], [[until]], under Adrian, this [[difference]] arose: [[Augustus]] designated the [[ruling]] [[emperor]]; [[Caesar]], the [[heir]] to the [[throne]], the [[crown]]-[[prince]], etc., Spart. Ael. Ver. 1, § 2; Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, § 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Caesărīnus, a, um, adj., of or relating to the [[triumvir]] [[Julius]] Cœsar, Cœsarian: [[celeritas]], Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1 Orell. N.cr.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Caesărĭānus, a, um, adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[triumvir]] Cœsar, Cœsarian: [[bellum]] civile, Nep. Att. 7, 1.— Hence, Caesărĭāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of Cœsar in the [[civil]] [[war]] (as Pompeiani, his opponents), Hirt. B. Afr. 13: orationes, orations of [[Cicero]] in [[which]] Cœsar [[was]] praised (pro Marcello, Deiotaro, De Provinciis Consularibus, etc.), Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 131.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Imperial, Vop. Carin. init.: [[Pallas]] (esp. honored by [[Domitian]]), Mart. 8, 1.—Hence, subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Caesărĭāni, ōrum, m.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[class]] of [[provincial]] [[imperial]] officers, Cod. Just. 10, 1, 5; 10, 1, 7; Cod. Th. 10, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partisans of Cœsar, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Flor. 4, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Caesărĭānum, i, n., a [[kind]] of [[eye]]-[[salve]], Cels. 6, 6, n. 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Caesă-rĕus, a, um, adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or pertaining to the [[triumvir]] Cœsar, Cœsarian ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[sanguis]], Ov. M. 1, 201: [[Penates]], id. ib. 15, 864: [[Vesta]], id. ib. 15, 865: [[forum]], founded by him, Stat. S. 1, 1, 85.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Imperial: [[amphitheatrum]], built by the [[emperor]] [[Domitian]], Mart. Spect. 1, 7: leones, presented by [[Domitian]] in the [[fight]] of [[wild]] beasts, id. Epigr. 1, 7, 3.