Călĭdĭus, a, m., the name of a Roman gens.
I M. Calidius, an orator , contemporary with Cicero , Cic. Brut. 79, 274 sqq.; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; 3, 2, 1; id. Fam. 8, 4, 1.—
II Cn. Calidius, a Roman knight , the father of a senator , plundered by Verres , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42.—
III Q. Calidius, the father of I., Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38; 2, 3, 25, § 63.