Drūsus, i, m.,
I a well-known Roman surname in the Livian family , first assumed by the Livius who slew the Gallic general Drausus, Suet. Tib. 3.—Esp.
1 M. Livius Drusus , uncle of Cato Uticensis , murdered by Q. Varius , Cic. Arch. 3, 6; Vell. 2, 13.—
2 Claudius Drusus Nero , son of Tib. Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla , father of Germanicus , the theme of Hor. C. 4, 4; Suet. Claud. 1; Tac. A. 1, 33.— Hence, Drūsĭānus , a, um, adj.: fossa, Tac. A. 2, 8, or Drūsīnus , a, um, adj.: fossae, a canal on the Lower Rhine , constructed by Drusus , the son of Livia , Suet. Claud. 1.
IV — Drūsilla , ae, f., the name of several females of the Livian family. — Esp.
1 Livia Drusilla, the second wife of Augustus , v. Livius.—
2 Drusilla, daughter of Drusus Germanicus, Tac. A. 6, 15; Suet. Calig. 7; 24 al.