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Sulpĭcĭus , i, m.; Sulpĭcĭa , ae, f.,
I.the name of a Roman gens; e. g.
I. Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul 610 A.U.C., and an able orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 39; id. Brut. 22, 86.—
II. C. Sulpicius Gallus, a connoisseur in Greek literature, and a good orator, Cic. Brut. 20, 78; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Lael. 27, 101.—
III. Ser. Sulpicius Rufus, a very celebrated jurist, a contemporary and correspondent of Cicero; v. Cic. Fam. 4, 1 sqq.; Gell. 2, 10, 1; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 42 sq.
IV. C. Sulpicius Apollinaris, a grammarian, teacher of the emperor Pertinax, Gell. 2, 16, 8; 4, 17, 11.—
V. A tribune of the people. author of the lex Sulpicia, Nep. Att. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 18. —
VI. Sulpicia, a Roman poetess in the time of Domitian, Mart. 10, 35, 1; Sid. Carm. 9, 262.—Hence,
A. Sulpĭcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: “horrea,Hor. C. 4, 12, 18: lex, proposed by the people's tribune P.Sulpicius, Flor. 3, 21.—
B. Sul-pĭcĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: classis, commanded by the prætor P. Sulpicius, Caes. B. C. 3, 101: seditio, raised by P. Sulpicius, Quint. 6, 3, 75.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.1
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.101
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.10
    • Cornelius Nepos, Atticus, 2.1
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 27
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.75
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.10.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.16.8
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.17.11
    • Cicero, Brutus, 20.78
    • Cicero, Brutus, 22.86
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