Brūtus, i, m., = Βροῦτος [1. brutus], a Roman cognomen.
I L. Junius, the relative of Tarquinius Superbus , saved by his feigned stupidity [whence the name], and the deliverer of Rome from regal dominion , Liv. 1, 56, 7 sq.; Ov. F. 2, 717; 2, 837; Verg. A. 6, 818; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89 saep. After him, Brutus was the cognomen of the patrician gens Junia.—
II From the plebeian gens Junia,
A M. Junius, son of Servilia , a half-sister of Cato Uticensis by M. Brutus (not by Caesar; v. Ellendt Cic. Brut. p. cxxvii.), an intimate friend of Cicero about the 21 st year of his age , and one of the murderers of Julius Caesar , Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56, 3; 2, 58, 1; Tac. A. 1, 2; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; 1, 4, 9 and 10; 2, 12, 28 sq.; 2, 13, 31; id. Fam. 3, 4, 2; as a philos. and orator active and respected, id. Ac. 1, 3, 12; id. Fin. 1, 3, 8; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 1 sq.; id. Att. 12, 5, 3; 13, 9, 2; Plut. Brut. 4; Cic. Or. 71, 237; Quint. 10, 1, 123; Tac. Or. 17 sq.; 21; cf. Ellendt, above cited; Meyer, Fragm. Orat. 205. To him Cic. dedicated his writings: Orator, Brutus, de Deorum Naturā, de Finibus, and Tusc. Quaestiones.—
B D. Junius, a fellow-conspirator with the preceding , Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56 sq.; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 4; id. Fam. 10, 11, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 2; to him are addressed the letters, Cic. Fam. 11, 5 sqq.; 12 sqq. al.—To these two Cicero's witticism has reference: quid ergo? Ista culpa Brutorum? Minime illorum quidem, sed aliorum brutorum, qui se cautos ac sapientes putant, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 2; cf. id. Phil. 4, 2, 7; id. Att. 14, 20, 2; Liv. 1, 56, 8; Ov. F. 2, 717.—
2 Derivv.
a Brūtĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to ( M. Junius ) Brutus : castra, Vell. 2, 72: Cassianaeque partes, id. 2, 74: bellum civile, Lact. 2, 7 fin. —
b Brūtīnus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Brutus ( M. Junius ): consilia rei publicae liberandae, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15.—
III D. Junius Brutus Callaicus, consul with P. Corn. Scipio Nasica Serapio A.U.C. 616, Cic. Brut. 28, 107; id. Leg. 3, 9, 20; id. Balb. 17, 40; Vell. 2, 5.—
IV D. Junius Brutus Julianus, consul with Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus A.U.C. 677, Cic. Brut. 47, 175; id. de Or. 2, 33, 142; id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—
V M. Junius Brutus, the husband of Servilia , and father of the murderer of Caesar , a distinguished lawyer , Cic. Brut. 62, 222.