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Răbīrĭus , i, m.,
I.the name of a Roman gens. Thus,
1. C. Rabirius, a tribune of the people; and,
2. C. Rabirius Postumus, a knight; both of them defended by Cicero in orations still extant.—
3. An indifferent philosophical writer, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 5. —
4. An excellent poet, Ov. P 4, 16, 5; Quint. 10, 1, 90. — Hence,
II. Răbīrĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Rabirius, Rabirian: “domus,” Cic. Att. 1, 6, 1.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.6.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.90
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