Lĭcĭnĭus, a,
I name of a Roman gens.
1 The tribune C. Licinius Crassus, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9; Cic. Lael. 25, 96.—
2 The triumvir M. Licinius Crassus, Cic. Div. 2, 9, 22; Ov. F. 6, 465.—
3 L. Licinius Crassus, the famous orator , Cic. de Or. 3, 20, 74; Tac. Dial. 34.—In fem. : Lĭcĭnĭa , ae, a daughter of the orator L. Licinius Crassus, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Also, a vestal , Cic. Brut. 43, 160.—
II Hence,
A Lĭcĭnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Licinius, Licinian : lex, of various kinds, esp. the lex de sodaliciis, Cic. Planc. 15, 36; cf. the Index legum, Orell. Cic. Opera, vol. viii. p. 199 sq.: lex Licinia et Mucia de civibus redigundis, Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 10, vol. xi. p. 11 B. and K.: lex de modo agrorum, Liv. 34, 4; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9 al.: atria, named after L. Licinius Crassus, auction-halls , Cic. Quint. 3, 12; 6, 25.—
B Lĭcĭnĭānus , a, um, adj., Licinian : olea, introduced by a Licinius , Cato R. R. 6, 2: jugera, the lands distributed to the plebeians by C. Licinius Stolo , Col. 1, 3, 10; id. Arb. 17.—
2 Lĭcĭ-nĭāni , ōrum, m., a surname of the sons and descendants of Cato the Censor, by his first wife , Licinia; to distinguish them from those by the second, who where called Salonii or Saloniani, Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62.