Curtĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.
I C. Curtius Postumus, a partisan of Caesar , Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 3; id. Fam. 2, 16, 7; id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 3.—
II Q. Curtius Rufus, the historiographer of Alexander the Great , etc., Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 2; Tac. A. 11, 21.—
III Curtius Nicia, of Cos, freedman of a Curtius, a friend of Pompey , Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 1 sq.; Suet. Gram. 14.—Hence,
IV Adj.
A Lacus Curtius, a place in Rome named after a certain Curtius , Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.; Liv. 7, 6, 5; Verg. F. 6, 403; also called Lacus Curtii, Suet. Aug. 57; id. Galb. 20; Paul. ex Fest. p. 49, 8 Müll.—
B Curtius Fons, a fountain , forty Roman miles from Rome, whose waters were conducted thither by Caligula, a part of the Aqua Claudia (v. Claudius, II. B.), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20; called also CVRTIA AQVA, Inscr. Orell. 55.