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Velleius

Velleius · m

the name of a Roman

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Where it lives

de Natura Deorum 26 · 7.27/10k
De Oratore 2 · 0.33/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

Vellēius — Lewis & Short

Vellēius, i, m.,

I the name of a Roman gens.

I C. Velleius Paterculus, an historian under Augustus and Tiberius; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 203 sq.—

II C. Velleins, an Epicurean, friend of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 78; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15.—Hence,

A Vel-lēius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Velleius, Velleian: lex, perh. called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 28, 2, 29; 28, 3, 3; Just. Inst. 2, 13.—

B Vellēiānus, a, um, adj., of a Velleius, Velleian: senatusconsultum, called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 16, 1, 2.

In the wild

Vellei Cicero, de Natura Deorum 1.71
Velleius Cicero, de Natura Deorum 1.74
Velleius Pliny the Younger, Letters 2.20.7
Velleio Cicero, de Natura Deorum 1.15.p2
Vellei Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.3.p1
Vellei Cicero, de Natura Deorum 1.84.p1

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