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Afrānĭus , a, um, adj.,
I.name of a Roman gens.—
I. As adj.: “Afrania fabula,” i.e. written by the poet Afranius, Cic. Cael. 30. —
II. As subst.
A. Lucius Afranius, a celebrated Roman comic poet, contemporary with Terence or a little later, of whose works we possess only a few fragments. Cf. concerning him, Cic. Brut. 45; id. Fin. 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 57; Quint. 10, 1, 100; Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. S. 70, and Teuffel, Röm. Lit. §§ 121, 135.—
B. Afranius, a general of Pompey in Spain, Cic. Fam. 16, 12; Caes. B. C. 1, 37; Vell. 2, 48.—Hence, Afrānĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Afranius: legio, Auct. B. Hisp. 7.—Subst.: Afrā-nĭāni , ōrum, m., soldiers of Afranius, Caes. B. C. 1, 43.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.12
    • Cicero, For Marcus Caelius, 30
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.37
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.43
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.100
    • Cicero, Brutus, 45
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