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Oppius

Oppius · m

the name of a Roman

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Oppĭus — Lewis & Short

Oppĭus, i, m.; Oppĭa, ae, f.,

I the name of a Roman gens.
1 C. Oppius, a friend of Cœsar, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14 al.
2 L. Oppius, a Roman knight, Cic. Fl. 13, 31.—
3 P. Oppius, a quœstor, defended by Cicero; v. the fragm. in Orell. p. 444.—In fem.: Oppia, the wife of L. Mindius, Cic. Fam. 13, 28, 2; v. also Juv. 10, 220 Jan.; id. 10, 322. —Hence, Oppĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to an Oppius, Oppian: Oppia lex, proposed by the people's tribune, C. Oppius, against women's extravagance in dress, Liv. 34, 1, Tac. A. 3, 33; 34: Oppius mons, one of the summits of the Esquiline Hill, Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; Fest. s. v. septimontium, pp. 340 and 348 Müll.; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, pp. 521, 534.

In the wild

6 of 133 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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