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Octavius

Octavius · m

the name of a Roman

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Where it lives

De Bello Alexandrino 12 · 11.51/10k
Divus Augustus 12 · 8.95/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 7.65/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 9 · 6.65/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 8 · 6.07/10k
Octavius 5 · 4.31/10k
Letters to and from Brutus 4 · 4.19/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 5 · 3.95/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
Divus Julius 3 · 3.08/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 7 · 2.66/10k

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

What it meant

Octāvĭus — Lewis & Short

Octāvĭus, i, m.; Octāvĭa, ae, f.,

I the name of a Roman gens, Suet. Aug. 1 sq.; cf. Drumann, History of Rome, vol. iv. p. 218 sq.

1 C. Octavius, the father of the emperor Augustus, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 12; id. Phil. 3, 6, 15.—

2 Cn. Octavius, the first consul of this gens, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138.—

3 M. Octavius Caecina, a tribune of the people, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 106.—

4 Rarely of the emperor Augustus, Juv. 8, 242.—

5 In the fem., Octavia, the name of the two sisters of the emperor Augustus, Suet. Aug. 4; 63; Tac. A. 4, 44.—

6 Octavia was also the name of the daughter of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, Suet. Claud. 27; id. Ner. 7.—

7 Octaviae Porticus, two halls in Rome, Vell. 1, 11; 2, 1; Suet. Aug. 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—Hence,

II Octāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to an Octavius, Octavian: Octaviano bello, i. e. in the war of the consul Cn. Octavius with Cinna, Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4: milites, of M. Octavius, who fought for Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—Esp., subst.: Octāvĭānus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Augustus, who was adopted out of the gens Octavia into the gens Julia, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; Tac. A. 13, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 79, 1; id. Caes. 1, 2.

In the wild

Octauius Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 p41
Octavio Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.29.36.2
Octavium Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Alexandrino 44
Octavium Cicero, Philippicae 9.7
Octauium Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 p44
Octavium Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.9.7

6 of 181 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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