Carvilius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Carvilius .

I The name of a Roman gens.

1 Sp. Carvilius Maximus, consul B. C. 293 and 272, Liv. 10, 9, 12, and 39, 1 sq. al. —

2 Sp. Carvilius Ruga, consul B. C. 234, the first person at Rome who divorced his wife , Cic. Sen. 4, 11; Liv. 23, 22, 4; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4; Gell. 4, 3, 2.

IV —Hence, Carvilĭānus , a, um, adj., of Carvilius : divortium, Gell. 4, 3 in lemm.

3 Carvilius Pollis, Plin. 9, 11, 13, § 39; 33, 11, 51, § 144.—

II One of the four kings in Cantium (Kent), in the time of Julius Caesar , Caes. B. G. 5, 22.