Ăsĭnĭus, a, um, adj.,
name of a Roman gens; the most celebrated was Asinius Pollio, a friend of Augustus , founder of the first library in Rome , and author of a history , now lost , of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey , Cic. Fam. 10, 31 sq. Manut.; Vell. 2, 125; Hor. C. 2, 1; Verg. E. 4; Tac. A. 4, 34; Suet. Caes. 30; id. Gram. 10; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. § 192; Weich. Poët. Lat. pp. 155, 293, 327, 395; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 218.— Hence, Ăsĭnĭānus , a, um, adj., pertaining to the gens Asinia, or to an Asinius : crimen, Cic. Clu. 13.