Turius
- I Q. Turius, Cic. Fam. 12, 26, 1.—
- II C. Turius, Hor. S. 2, 1, 49.
- —Hence, Tŭrĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Turius, Turian: hereditas, of Q. Turius, Cic. Fam. 12, 26, 2: cassia, a peculiar kind so called, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7.
Sturius, Sturio, Gall.
Quod si homines abbatis piscem, qui vocatur Turium, capiunt, totus erit S.
Michaelis ; crassus piscis, si captus fuerit, ala una et medietas caudæ erit monachis.
Sturjon ex eadem Charta edidit Cangius in Craspiscis. Vide Turgo.
1. L. Turius, was accused by Cn. Gellius and defended by Cato the Censor. (Gel. 14.2.) As nothing is known respecting either this L. Turius or Cn. Gellius, a wide field is opened for learned trifling. The different conjectures started are given by Meyer. (Orator. Roman. Fragm. p. 140, foll., 2nd ed.)
2. L. Turius, characterized by Cicero as an orator of small talent but great diligence, failed in obtaining the consulship only by a few centuries. (Cic. Brut. 67.) This Turius can hardly be the same person as the preceding, as he is mentioned by Cicero with M. Piso, P. Murena, C. Censorinus. C. Macer, C. Piso, and L. Torquatus, all of whom were the contemporaries of Cicero.
3. Q. Turius, a negotiator or money-lender in the province of Africa, where he died. Cicero wrote to Q. Cornificius in B. C. 44, begging him to support the validity of the will of Turius against the attempts of his freedman Turius Eros. (Cic. Fam. 12.26.)
4. Turius, a corrupt judge in the time of Horace. (Hor. Sat 2.1. 49.)