I.name of a Roman gens.—So, M. Livius Andronicus, the first Roman tragic poet, Cic. Brut. 18, 72; Liv. 7, 2, 8: “T. Livius,” the celebrated historian, Quint. 10, 1, 32 al.: C. Livius Salinator, consul with L. Valerius Messala, A. U. C. 584; Liv. 29, 37, 1; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; and many others.—In fem.: Līvĭa , ae, Drusilla, the second wife of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 29; 63; id. Tib. 4; id. Claud. 1; Ov. F. 5, 157: “Livia Orestilla,” wife of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25.—Hence,
A. Līvĭus , a, um, adj., Livian: “Liviae leges,” Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 11: “familia,” Tac. A. 6, 51: “arbos,” Col. 10, 413.—
B. Līvĭānus , a, um, adj., Livian: modi, i. e. of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: exercitus, the army of the consul M. Livius, Liv. 28, 9: “aes,” from mines belonging to Livia, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 3: “charta,” named after Livia, id. 13, 12, 23, § 80; cf. § 74.
