Gratius

• name of a Roman gens.
• • • 1 Gratius, ii, m., the opponent of the poet Archias, Cic. Arch. 4, 8; 6, 12.—
    • 2 Gratius Faliscus, a contemporary of Ovid, author of a poem on hunting, Cynegeticon, Ov. P. 4, 16, 34.—
• II Deriv.: Grātĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Gratius, Gratian: vasa ex argento, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139.—Subst.: Grātiānus, i, m., son and co-regent of the emperor Valentinian I., from 367 to 383 A. D.

is known only as the accuser of A. Licinius Archias (Cic. pro Arch. 4, 6). The name is sometimes read Gracchus. (Orell. Onom. Tull. vol. ii. p. 274.) [W.B.D]

[Faliscus.]