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Sestius

Sestius · m

the name of a Roman

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Where it lives

Pro P. Sestio 44 · 26.21/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 11 · 24.5/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 12 · 6.54/10k
Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 2 · 4.62/10k
Cum Populo Gratias Egit 1 · 3.79/10k
Letters to Atticus 29 · 2.36/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 2 · 1.92/10k
De bello Gallico 9 · 1.75/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 1 · 1.16/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Sestĭus — Lewis & Short

Sestĭus (Sextĭus), i, m.,

I the name of a Roman gens.

1 P. Sestius L. F., a tribune of the people 696 A.U.C., a friend of Cicero and Milo, by the former of whom he was defended in an oration still extant.—

2 C. Sextius Calvinus, an orator, Cic. Brut. 34, 130.—

3 P. Sextius Baculus, a primipili centurio, Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; 6, 38 al.— Hence,

A Sestĭus (Sext-), a, um adj., of or belonging to a Sestius (Sextius), Sestian (Sextian): Tabula Sestia, the bankingtable or counter of a Sestius, otherwise unknown, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—Aquae Sextiae, v. aqua, 2. e.—

B Sestĭānus (Sext-), a, um, adj., of Sestius, Sestian: dicta, of the tribune of the people, P. Sestius, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1: conviva, that dines with a Sestius Cat. 44, 10: mala, named after a Sestius, Col. 5, 10, 19; 12, 47, 5.

Where it came from

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