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Dămăsippus , i, m., Δαμάσιππος (tamer of horses),
I. Prætor 672 A. U. C., a follower of Marius, who acted with great cruelty towards the adherents of Sylla; afterwards put to death by order of Sylla, Sall. C. 51, 32; Vell. 2, 26, 2; Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.—
II. A surname in the gens Licinia, Caes. B. C. 2, 44; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2 sq.; id. Att. 12, 29 fin.; 33, 1 al.—
III. Name of a bankrupt merchant and ridiculous Stoic philosopher, Hor. S. 2, 3, 16 sqq.—
IV. Name of an actor, Juv. 8, 147.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.23.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.21.3
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.29
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.16
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.44
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 51
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