Labienus

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

Lăbĭēnus, i, m., the name of several Romans. In partic.,

I T. Atius L., a legate of Caesar in Gaul, who afterwards went over to Pompey , Caes. B. G. 1, 10; Hirt. ib. 8, 52; Caes. B. C. 3, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1. —

B Hence, Lăbĭēnĭānus , a, um, adj., of Labienus : milites, Auct. B. Afr. 29, 2.—

II Q. Atius L., an uncle of the former, an adherent of Saturninus , Cic. Rab. Perd. 5 and 7.—

III A rhetorician, who, from the boldness and fierceness of his disposition, was called Rabienus, Sen. Contr. 5 praef.