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Quintilius

Quintilius · 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

Quintĭlĭus — Lewis & Short

Quintĭlĭus (Quinct-), i, m., Quin-tĭlĭa (Quinct-), ae, f.,

I the name of a Roman gens. Thus,
1 Quintilius Varus, proconsul of Syria, afterwards commander of the Romans in Germany, defeated by Arminius, Vell. 2, 117, 2; Suet. Tib. 17; Tac. A. 1, 3; Flor. 4, 12.—
2 A poet of Cremona, a friend of Horace, and kinsman of Virgil, Hor. C. 1, 24, 5; 12; id. A. P. 438.—
3 Fem. Quintilia, Cat. 96, 7.—Hence,
II Quintĭ-lĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Quintilius, Quintilian: Luperci, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. faviani, p. 87 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 257.

In the wild

6 of 54 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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