I.a Roman proper name.
1. L. Egn. Rufus, friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 13, 43 sq.; id. Att. 7, 18, 4 al.—
2. M. Egn. Rufus, the name of an edile, 733 A. U. C., who set on foot a conspiracy against Augustus, Suet. Aug. 19; Vell. 2, 91 sq.; Sen. Clem. 1, 9; id. Brev. Vit. 5; Tac. A. 1, 10.—Hence, Egnātĭānus , a, um, adj., of Egnatius: “scelus,” Vell. 2, 93. —
3. Egnatia Maximilla, Tac. A. 15, 71.