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Afranius

Afranius · adj

name of a Roman

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Where it lives

De Bello Civili 45 · 13.93/10k
Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
De Bello Africo 4 · 3.08/10k
Divus Julius 3 · 3.08/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 4 · 1.52/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 2 · 1.09/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Suasoriae 1 · 0.97/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Afrānĭus — Lewis & Short

Afrānĭus, a, um, adj.,

I name of a Roman gens.—

I As adj.: Afrania fabula, i.e. written by the poet Afranius, Cic. Cael. 30. —

II As subst.

A Lucius Afranius, a celebrated Roman comic poet, contemporary with Terence or a little later, of whose works we possess only a few fragments. Cf. concerning him, Cic. Brut. 45; id. Fin. 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 57; Quint. 10, 1, 100; Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. S. 70, and Teuffel, Röm. Lit. §§ 121, 135.—

B Afranius, a general of Pompey in Spain, Cic. Fam. 16, 12; Caes. B. C. 1, 37; Vell. 2, 48.—Hence, Afrānĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Afranius: legio, Auct. B. Hisp. 7.—Subst.: Afrā-nĭāni, ōrum, m., soldiers of Afranius, Caes. B. C. 1, 43.

In the wild

Afranius Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.100
Afranium Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.18.3
Afranius Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.48.5
Afranius Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.61.2
Afranius Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.70.3
Afrani Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.17.4

6 of 108 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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