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,
