I.the name of a Roman gens, esp.,
I. D. Turranius Niger, a friend of Varro and of Q. Cicero, Varr. R. R. 2, praef. § 6; Cic. Att. 1, 6, 2; 6, 9, 2; 7, 1, 1.—
II. M. Turranius, a prœtor, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25.—
III. C. Turranius, praefectus annonae, Tac. A. 1, 7; 11, 31.—
IV. Turranius, a tragic poet, Ov. P. 4, 16, 29.—Deriv.: Turrānĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Turranius, Turranian: “pira, a peculiar kind so called,” Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; Macr. S. 2, 15 fin.
