Flāvĭus — Lewis & Short
Flāvĭus, a,
I the name of a Roman gens:
gens Flavia,Suet. Vesp. 1; Mart. 9, 2, 8.— So in partic. Cn. Flavius, the scribe of the pontifiex maximus, Appius Caecus, who published the Fasti, Liv. 9, 46, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17;
v. fasti. From the gens Flavia were descended the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian,Suet. Vesp. 1.— Hence poet., Flavius ultimus for Domitianus, Juv. 4, 37.—
II Derivv.
A Flā-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius:
templa,i. e. built by Domitian, Mart. 9, 4, 12; 9, 35, 2.—
B Flāvĭālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the college of priests for the Flavian family, instituted by Domitian, Flavial-:
FLAMEN,Inscr. Orell. 2220:
PONTIFEX,ib. 3672:
COMES,ib. 3162:
SEXVIR,ib. 3726:
XVVIRI,ib. 2375:
assidentibus Diali sacerdote et collegio Flavialium,Suet. Dom. 4.—
C Flāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius, Flavian: jus civile, named after Cn. Flavius, the publisher of the Fasti, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 7:
partes,i. e. the adherents of Vespasian, Tac. H. 2, 67; 3, 1.