Iulus

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

Iūlus (trisyl.) (Jūl-), i, m., = Ἴουλος.

I The son of Ascanius and grandson of Aeneas , whom the gens Julia regarded as their ancestor , Verg. A. 1, 288; Ov. M. 14, 583; Juv. 8, 42.— Hence,

A Ĭūlēus , ( Jūl- ), a, um, adj., named from Iulus , son of Aeneas , Iulian : mons, i. e. Albanus , Mart. 13, 108, 2: Iūlēi avi, Ov. F. 4, 124.—

B Originating from Julius Caesar.

1 Relating to Caesar and his family : Iuleae Calendae, the first of July , Ov. F. 6, 797: Iulea carina, the fleet of Augustus , Prop. 4 (5), 6, 17. —

2 Imperial : oliva, the garland of olive boughs given by Domitian , Mart. 9, 36, 9: habenae, the imperial power , id. 9, 102, 15. —

II Jūlus (dissyl.), praenomen of Antonius , son of the triumvir M. Antonius , Hor. C. 4, 2, 2.

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