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Porcius , i, m.; Porcia , ae, f.,
I.the name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,
A. M. Porcius Cato Censorinus, or Major, the severe censor, whose life was written by Nepos, and for whom Cicero named his Essay on Old Age, Nep. Cato, 1 sqq.; Cic. Rep. 1, 1.—
B. M. Porcius Cato, the younger, called Uticensis, because of his famous death at Utica, Sall. Cat. 52, 1; Cic. Att. 12, 12, 1.—
C. In fem., Porcia, a sister of the younger Cato, wife of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Cic. Att. 13, 37; 3, 48.—Hence,
II. Porcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Porcius, Porcian: lex, of the people's tribune P. Porcius Laeca, Liv. 9, 10; Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; Sall. C. 51, 40: “basilica,” named after the elder Cato, Liv. 39, 44.
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 (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.12.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.37
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.163
    • Cicero, For Rabirius on a Charge of Treason, 4.12
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 52
    • Cornelius Nepos, Cato, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 44
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 10
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.1
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 51
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