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Găbīnĭus , a,
I.the name of a Roman gens; so, in partic.,
1. A. Gabinius, consul with L. Calpurnius Piso A.U.C. 696; proconsul in Syria; in the service of Cœsar in the Civil War, Caes. B. C. 3, 4; 103; Cic. Pis. 11, 25 sq.; id. Sest. 8, 18 sq.; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 24; id. Att. 4, 16, 9; 10, 8, 3.—
2. P. Gabinius, prœtor A.U.C. 665, Cic. Arch. 5, 9; id. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64.—
3. P. Gabinius Capito, a conspirator with Catiline, Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 17, 4; 55 fin.—
4. Q. Gabinius, the proposer of a law respecting voting in the comitia; v. infra.—
II. Derivv.
A. Găbīnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Gabinius, Gabinian: lex, of A. Gabinius, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57 sq.; id. Att. 6, 2, 7; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 3; of Q. Gabinius, id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Lael. 12, 41.—
B. Gă-bīnĭānus , a, um, adj., the same: milites, of A. Gabinius in the Civil War, Caes. B. C. 3, 4; 110; Val. Max. 4, 1, 15.
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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