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Domitius

Dŏmĭtĭus, a, um, adj.,
  • the appellation of a Roman gens. So Cn. Domitius Calvinus, tribune A. U. C. 695; consul 701, Cic. Sest. 53, 113; id. Vatin. 7, 16 al.—Cn. Domitius, censor 638 A. U. C., who conquered the Allobroges, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55; id. Clu. 42, 119; id. Font. 12; Val. Max. 2, 9, 6; and after whom, perhaps, was named the Domitia Via, in Gaul, id. ib. 4.—Cn. Domitius Aënobarbus, from whom is named the Lex Domitia de sacerdotiis, 649 A. U. C., Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18; Gell. 15, 11, 2; Tac. Dial. 35, 1.—L. Domitius Aënobarbus, consul 699 A. U. C., and general of Pompey in the civil war, Cic. Att. 1, 1; 8, 1; id. Mil. 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1; id. B. C. 1, 6; 2, 18 sq.
  • —Hence, Dŏmĭtĭānus, a, um, adj.: milites, Caes. B. C. 1, 16; 22 sq.—Cn. Domitius Calvinus, consul 700 A. U. C., Cic. Deiot. 5; id. Cael. 13 et saep.—Cn. Domitius Aënobarbus, husband of Agrippina, and father of Nero, Suet. Ner. 5; Quint. 6, 1, 50.—Domitia, sister of the last-named, wife of Crispus, Quint. 6, 1, 50; 10, 1, 24; Tac. A. 13, 19.—Domitia Lepida, Messalina's mother, Tac. A. 11, 37 sq.—But Cn. Domitius Corbulo, brother of Caesonia, Caligula's wife, famous for his size and strength, Juv. 3, 251; Tac. A. 11, 18 sq.; 13, 8, was not of this gens.

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