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Vŏcōnĭus , i, m.,
I.the name of a Roman gens; so, Q. Voconius Saxa, a tribune of the people 580 A. U. C., author of the Lex Voconia, which restricted the right of women to inherit, Cic. Balb. 8, 21; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107 sqq.; Liv. Epit. 21; Mart. 7, 28, 1.— Hence, Forum Voconii, a town in Gaul, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Sauppius ap. Orell. Ind. Legum, pp. 294-305, and the authorities there cited.—Hence, Vŏcōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Voconius: “Voconia pira,named after a Voconius, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.17.1
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.107
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 8.21
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