Marcellus, i, m. [dim. of Marcus],
I a Roman family name in the plebeian gens Claudia: inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176: generosior Marcellis, Juv. 2, 145.—
B Esp., M. Claudius Marcellus, the taker of Syracuse , Liv. 25, 23 fin. ; Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; 1, 14, 21; Verg. A. 6, 855; Hor. C. 1, 12, 46.— Another M. Claudius Marcellus, the nephew of Octavian and adopted by him , Vell. 2, 93; Tac. A. 1, 3; Prop. 3, 18 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 861 sq.); Hor. C. 1, 12, 46; Sen. ad Marc. 2, 3. —
II Derivv.
A Marcellīa ( ēa ), ōrum, n., a festival in honor of the Marcelli in Syracuse , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; 2, 2, 63, § 154.—
B Marcellĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcellus, Marcellian : theatrum, named after M. Claudius Marcellus, the nephew of Augustus , Suet. Vesp. 19; id. Aug. 29.