Acilius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ăcīlĭus, i, m.,

I the name of several Romans , among whom was M' Acilius Glabrio , trib. pleb., by whom the severe law de pecuniis repetundis was introduced, Cic. Verr. 1, 9 and 17.—C. Acilius Glabrio, the historian , Cic. Off. 3, 32, 115.

II —Hence, Ăcīlĭus , a, um, adj., Acilian : lex, Cic. Verr. 1, 1.