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Păpīrĭus , i (old form Păpīsĭus , Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 2; Paul. ex Fest. p. 23; Fest. p. 242 Müll.), m.,
I.the name of a patrician and plebeian gens, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 2.—Thus,
1. The dictator, L. Papirius Cursor, Liv. 8, 30; Cic. 1. 1.—
2. C. Papirius Carbo, the friend of Ti. Gracchus, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Brut. 27, 43; 62, 221; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; Tac. Or. 34. —Hence,
A. Păpīrĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Papirius, Papirian: “Papiria lex,” Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 46: “tribus,” one of the rural tribes, Liv. 8, 37; Val. Max. 9, 10, 1; Fest. p. 232 Müll.; Inscr. Grut. 766, 2 et saep.—
B. Păpīrĭānus , a, um, adj., Papirian: “domus,” Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1: “saevitia,” Liv. 10, 3; cf. id. 8, 30: jus civile Papirianum, a juridical compilation of S. Papirius, Dig. 1, 2, 2.
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 (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.20.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.21.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.46
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 30
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 37
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.16
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.3
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 9.10.1
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