Calpurnĭus, a, um, adj. [a Calpo Numae regis filio, Fest. p. 36],
I the name of the very distinguished Calpurnian gens: familia, Cic. Pis. 23, 53.—
II Esp., as subst.
A Masc.
1 C. Calpurnius Piso, praetor B.C. 186, Liv. 39, 6, 1; 39, 30, 1 sqq.; and consul B.C. 180, id. 40, 35, 1; 40, 37, 1.—
2 L. Calpurnius Piso, consul B.C. 112, and afterwards , B.C. 107, lieutenant of Cassius , Caes. B. G. 1, 6; 1, 12; 1, 14.—
3 L. Calpurnius Bestia, tribune of the people B.C. 121, consul B.C. 111, and a general against Jugurtha , Cic. Brut. 34, 128; Sall. J. 27 sqq.—
4 C. Calpurnius Piso, son-in-law of Cicero , Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; id. Sest. 24, 54 al.—
5 The intimate friend of Antonius , Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A, 2.—
6 L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, consul with P. Mucius Scaevola, A.U.C. 621, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108; id. Brut. 27, 106; id. Tusc. 3, 8, 16; Val. Max. 4, 3, 11 al.—
B Fem.
1 Cal-purnĭa , ae, the wife of Caesar , Vell. 2, 57, 2.—
2 The wife of Antistius and daughter of Bestia, Vell. 2, 26 fin. al.—Hence,
III Calpurnia lex.
a De pecuniis repetundis, introduced by the tribune of the people , L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, A.U.C. 605, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195; 2, 4, 25, § 56; id. Brut. 27, 106; id. Off. 2, 21, 75 Beier.—
b De ambitu, by the consul C. Calpurnius Piso, A.U.C. 687, Cic. Mur. 23, 46; Corn. Fragm. Ascon. (v. 2, p. 68 Orell.); Tac. A. 15, 20.—
c Militaris, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 107, 16.— Deriv.: Calpurnĭānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Calpurnius : equites, serving under the praetor Calpurnius , Liv. 39, 31, 7.