I.name of a Roman gens. So the famous Cn. Pompejus Magnus, the triumvir, Caes. B. C. 3, 86; Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 2; 13, 41, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 1 sqq. et saep.—In fem., Pompeja, his sister, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 2; “another,” his daughter, Hirt. B. Afr. 95, 3; “a third,” daughter of Q. Pompeius, wife of Julius Cœsar, divorced from him, Suet. Caes. 6; 74.— Hence,
A. Pompējus (Pompēïus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pompey, Pompeian: “domus,” Ov. P. 4, 5, 9: “lex,” Caes. B. C. 3, 1: “porticus,” at Rome, Prop. 2, 23, 45 (3, 30, 11); cf. Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 59; Suet. Caes. 81: “via,” leading through Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 169: “ficus,” Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 70.—
B. Pompējānus , a, um, adj., of Pompey, Pompeian: “equitatus,” Caes. B. C. 3, 58: “classis,” id. ib. 3, 101: “triumphi,” Luc. 3, 166: “caedes,” id. 10, 350: “porticus (usually called Pompeja porticus),” Vitr. 5, 9: “theatrum,” Mart. 6, 9; 14, 29; “hence also, Notus,” which blew in Pompey's theatre, id. 11, 21: ficus (also called Pompeja ficus), Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16: “partes,” Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—
2. Subst.: Pompējāni , ōrum, m., the adherents or soldiers of Pompey, Pompey's party, Pompey's troops, Caes. B. C. 3, 46; Vell. 2, 52, 4; Sen. Ira, 3, 30, 5.—In sing., Tac. A. 4, 34: “Pompejanus Cilix,” Luc. 4, 448.
