Dŏmĭtĭus, a, um, adj.,
I the appellation of a Roman gens. So Cn. Domitius Calvinus, tribune A. U. C. 695; consul 701, Cic. Sest. 53, 113; id. Vatin. 7, 16 al.—Cn. Domitius, censor 638 A. U. C., who conquered the Allobroges , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55; id. Clu. 42, 119; id. Font. 12; Val. Max. 2, 9, 6; and after whom , perhaps , was named the Domitia Via , in Gaul , id. ib. 4.—Cn. Domitius Aënobarbus, from whom is named the Lex Domitia de sacerdotiis, 649 A. U. C., Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18; Gell. 15, 11, 2; Tac. Dial. 35, 1.—L. Domitius Aënobarbus, consul 699 A. U. C., and general of Pompey in the civil war , Cic. Att. 1, 1; 8, 1; id. Mil. 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1; id. B. C. 1, 6; 2, 18 sq.
II —Hence, Dŏmĭtĭānus , a, um, adj.: milites, Caes. B. C. 1, 16; 22 sq.—Cn. Domitius Calvinus, consul 700 A. U. C., Cic. Deiot. 5; id. Cael. 13 et saep.—Cn. Domitius Aënobarbus, husband of Agrippina , and father of Nero , Suet. Ner. 5; Quint. 6, 1, 50.—Domitia, sister of the last-named , wife of Crispus , Quint. 6, 1, 50; 10, 1, 24; Tac. A. 13, 19.—Domitia Lepida, Messalina's mother , Tac. A. 11, 37 sq.—But Cn. Domitius Corbulo, brother of Caesonia , Caligula's wife , famous for his size and strength, Juv. 3, 251; Tac. A. 11, 18 sq.; 13, 8, was not of this gens.