The corpus record — Latin

Rabirius

Rabirius · m

the name of a Roman

Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 24 · 67.64/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 5 · 12.28/10k
Academica 1 · 2.05/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
De Bello Africo 2 · 1.54/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Institutio Oratoria 13 · 0.76/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Răbīrĭus — Lewis & Short

Răbīrĭus, i, m.,

I the name of a Roman gens. Thus,

1 C. Rabirius, a tribune of the people; and,

2 C. Rabirius Postumus, a knight; both of them defended by Cicero in orations still extant.—

3 An indifferent philosophical writer, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 5. —

4 An excellent poet, Ov. P 4, 16, 5; Quint. 10, 1, 90. — Hence,

II Răbīrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Rabirius, Rabirian: domus, Cic. Att. 1, 6, 1.

2. Rabirius — Walde–Hofmann

Rabirius, Rab: niünus II 413 Rabuleius II 413 rapli (etr.) II 413 Rasenne (etr.) II 419 Ratius, Ratinius 11 414 ra$4u (etr.) II 414 ratsna (etr.) II 414 Ravenna II 552 Hemus II 441 Reti (etr.) II 419 Rüxa, Réxio II 438 Bomulus II 441 Rufrer (umbr.) II 448 Rufries (pael.) II 445 Rufriis (osk.) II 445, 448 Rüfus I1 448 Rullus II 449 Sabius, Sabidius, Säbus II 457 Sabucius Il 473 Saipinaz, Zaumuvs (osk.) ZI 461 … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Rabirius, p. 1771]

In the wild

Rabirius Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.7.p2
Rabirio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.28.p53
Rabirius Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.90
Rabiri Cicero, Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 10
Rabirius Cicero, Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 18
Rabiri Cicero, Orator 102

6 of 57 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Rabirius (scan p. 1771; entry #3403).

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