Fimbria

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

Fimbrĭa, ae, m. [fimbriae].

I A Roman surname in the gens Flavia.

A C. Flavius Fimbria, consul A. U. C. 650; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181; id. Planc. 21, 52; id. de Or. 2, 22, 91.—

B Another of the same name, an enemy of M. Crassus , Cic. Brut. 66, 233; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.—

II Deriv.: Fimbrĭānus , a, um, adj.: seditio, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 215, 32.

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