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Flāmĭnĭus , a,
I.the name of a Roman gens. So C. Flaminius Nepos, who, when censor, A.U.C. 534, built a circus and constructed a road, and, when consul, was overcome and slain by Hannibal at the lake of Trasimenus, Liv. 22, 4 sq.; Cic. Inv. 2, 17, 52; id. Div. 1, 35, 77; id. N. D. 2, 3, 8; id. Brut. 14, 57; Nep. Hann. 4, 3.—
II. Derivv.
A. Flāmĭnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flaminius, Flaminian: “ea omnia in pratis Flaminiis acta, quem nunc Circum Flaminium appellant,” Liv. 3, 54, 15; cf. id. 3, 63, 7; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Sest. 14, 33 al.; Mart. 12, 74, 2; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 604; 608 and 667 sq.; “2, 1, p. 361: via, leading from Rome to Ariminum,” Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Att. 1, 1, 2.—
B. As subst.: Flāmĭnĭa , ae, sc. via, Mart. 8, 75, 2; along it stood many tombs; “hence: quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis atque Latina,” Juv. 1, 171.—
C. Flāmĭnĭānus , a, um, adj., Flaminian: “ostentu,” Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67.
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 (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.14.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.1.2
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 14.33
    • Cicero, Philippics, 12.9.22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 54.15
    • Cornelius Nepos, Hannibal, 4.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 63.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 4
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.3
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.35
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.31
    • Cicero, Brutus, 14.57
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.17
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