Flaminius

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

Flāmĭnĭus, a,

I the name of a Roman gens. So C. Flaminius Nepos, who , when censor , A.U.C. 534, built a circus and constructed a road , and , when consul , was overcome and slain by Hannibal at the lake of Trasimenus , Liv. 22, 4 sq.; Cic. Inv. 2, 17, 52; id. Div. 1, 35, 77; id. N. D. 2, 3, 8; id. Brut. 14, 57; Nep. Hann. 4, 3.—

II Derivv.

A Flāmĭnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flaminius , Flaminian : ea omnia in pratis Flaminiis acta, quem nunc Circum Flaminium appellant, Liv. 3, 54, 15; cf. id. 3, 63, 7; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Sest. 14, 33 al.; Mart. 12, 74, 2; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 604; 608 and 667 sq.; 2, 1, p. 361: via, leading from Rome to Ariminum, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Att. 1, 1, 2.—

B As subst.: Flāmĭnĭa , ae, sc. via, Mart. 8, 75, 2; along it stood many tombs; hence: quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis atque Latina, Juv. 1, 171.—

C Flāmĭnĭānus , a, um, adj., Flaminian : ostentu, Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67.

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