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Carvilius

Carvilius

The name of a Roman

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What it meant

Carvilius — Lewis & Short

Carvilius.

I The name of a Roman gens.
1 Sp. Carvilius Maximus, consul B. C. 293 and 272, Liv. 10, 9, 12, and 39, 1 sq. al. —
2 Sp. Carvilius Ruga, consul B. C. 234, the first person at Rome who divorced his wife, Cic. Sen. 4, 11; Liv. 23, 22, 4; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—Hence, Carvilĭānus, a, um, adj., of Carvilius: divortium, Gell. 4, 3 in lemm.
3 Carvilius Pollis, Plin. 9, 11, 13, § 39; 33, 11, 51, § 144.—
II One of the four kings in Cantium (Kent), in the time of Julius Cœsar, Caes. B. G. 5, 22.

In the wild

6 of 28 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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