Caecĭlĭus, a,
I name of a Roman gens.
1 C. Caecilius, Cic. Fl. 36.—
2 Q. Caecilius Metellus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5; Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 82.—
3 His son of the same name , called also Balearicus , for his triumph over the Baleares , Cic. Brut. 74, 259; Flor. 3, 8, 1.—
4 Caia (Gaia) Caecilia, the Roman name of Tanaquil, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—
5 Caeciliae, daughters of Q. Caecilius Metellus the elder , Cic. Dom. 47, 123.—
6 Caecilia, daughter of Metellus Balearicus , Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99, and 2, 40, 83.—
7 Caecilius Statius, a Roman comic poet , of the ante-class. per. , of Gallic origin , contemporary with Ennius; his comedies were by the ancients considered equal to those of Plaut. and Ter., and by many even preferred to them, Varr. ap. Non. p. 374, 8; Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 10, 40; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; id. Brut. 74, 258; Hor. A. P. 54 sq.; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Vulcatius Sedigitus ap. Gell. 15, 24.—
II Derivv.
A Cae-cĭlĭus , a, um, adj., Caecilian , of Caecilius : familia, Vell. 2, 11; cf.: lex de ambitu, Cic. Sull. 22, 62: lex de repetundis, Val. Max. 6, 9, 10: et Didia lex de legibus ferendis, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41; 20, 53; id. Sest. 64, 135.—
B Caecĭlĭā-nus , a, um, adj., Caecilian : fabula, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15: senex (in a comedy of Caecilius), id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46: pater, Quint. 11, 1, 39; Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: cerasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102: lactuca (named after Q. Caecilius Metellus), id. 19, 8, 38, § 127; cf. Col. 10, 182.—Also,
2 Caecĭlĭānus , i, m., a Roman cognomen , Tac. A. 3, 37; 6, 7; 16, 34.