Falcĭdĭus, a,
I a Roman gentile name , So the tribunes of the people, C. and P. Falcidius, the former a contemporary of Cicero , Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 58; the latter in the time of the second triumvirate , after whom is named the Lex Falcidia, Dig. 35, tit. 2.—
II Derivv.
A Falcĭdĭus , a, um, of Falcidius : lex, the law of Falcidius respecting bequests , which provided that no Roman citizen should by testament divert more than three fourths of his estate from his legal heirs , etc., Dig. 35, 2, 1 sqq.— Hence, as subst.: Falcidia , ae, the portion secured to an heir by the Falcidian law , Dig. 35, 2, 5; ib. § 14.—
B Falcĭdĭ-ānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Falcidius , Falcidian : crimen, Cic. Fl. 36, 90.