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Licinius

Licinius

name of a Roman

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 45 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Lĭcĭnĭus — Lewis & Short

Lĭcĭnĭus, a,

I name of a Roman gens.
1 The tribune C. Licinius Crassus, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9; Cic. Lael. 25, 96.—
2 The triumvir M. Licinius Crassus, Cic. Div. 2, 9, 22; Ov. F. 6, 465.—
3 L. Licinius Crassus, the famous orator, Cic. de Or. 3, 20, 74; Tac. Dial. 34.—In fem.: Lĭcĭnĭa, ae, a daughter of the orator L. Licinius Crassus, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Also, a vestal, Cic. Brut. 43, 160.—
II Hence,
A Lĭcĭnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Licinius, Licinian: lex, of various kinds, esp. the lex de sodaliciis, Cic. Planc. 15, 36; cf. the Index legum, Orell. Cic. Opera, vol. viii. p. 199 sq.: lex Licinia et Mucia de civibus redigundis, Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 10, vol. xi. p. 11 B. and K.: lex de modo agrorum, Liv. 34, 4; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9 al.: atria, named after L. Licinius Crassus, auction-halls, Cic. Quint. 3, 12; 6, 25.—
B Lĭcĭnĭānus, a, um, adj., Licinian: olea, introduced by a Licinius, Cato, R. R. 6, 2: jugera, the lands distributed to the plebeians by C. Licinius Stolo, Col. 1, 3, 10; id. Arb. 17.—
2 Lĭcĭ-nĭāni, ōrum, m., a surname of the sons and descendants of Cato the Censor, by his first wife, Licinia; to distinguish them from those by the second, who where called Salonii or Saloniani, Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62.

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