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Sulla (less correctly Sylla ), ae, m.,
I.a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,
I. L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.—Hence, Sullānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla: “tempus,” Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46: “ager,” id. Agr. 2, 26, 70: “assignationes,” id. ib. 3, 1, 3: “proscriptio,” Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3: “saeculum,” id. ib. 1, 20, 4: “partes,” Nep. Att. 2: “tempora,” Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123. — Subst.: Sullāni , ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.—
II. L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.—
III. P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator, accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant. —
IV. Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.—
V. An astrologer of the time of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 57.
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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