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Laelius

name of a Roman

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 26 · 19.2/10k
De Republica 38 · 17.42/10k
Pro L. Flacco 13 · 11.92/10k
Laelius De Amicitia 8 · 8.57/10k
De Senectute 7 · 8.47/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 13 · 7.78/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 9 · 7.33/10k
Brutus 15 · 5.98/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 9 · 5.32/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 6 · 3.67/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 6 · 3.45/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Laelĭus — Lewis & Short

Laelĭus, a,

I name of a Roman gens.— So esp.,

1 C. Lælius, a friend of Scipio Africanus: in quo Laeliu' clamores, sofo\s ille, solebat Edere, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Fin. 2, 8, 24; cf.: nec dubitare illum (C. Laelium) in omni sermone appellare sapientem, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; id. Brut. 21, 82; cf. Hor. S. 2, 1, 65; 72. Cicero's treatise on Friendship is named after him.—

2 D. Lælius, a writer of moderate abilities, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25.—

3 Another D. Lælius, perh. a son of the preceding, an adherent of Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 40.—In fem.: Laelĭa, ae, daughter of C. Lælius, and mother-in-law of L. Crassus, celebrated for her intellectual culiure, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Another Lælia, a Vestal, Tac. A. 15, 22.—Hence, Laelĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lælius, Lælian: naves, i. e. of Pompey's commander, D. Lælius, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2.

In the wild

LAELIUS Cicero, Laelius De Amicitia 33.p2
Laelium Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.5.p2
Laelius Apuleius, Apologia 20
Laelius Cicero, De Republica 6.12
Laelius Cicero, De Officiis 3.16.p1
Laelius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.55

6 of 347 attestations shown.

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