Octāvĭus, i, m.; Octāvĭa, ae, f.,
I the name of a Roman gens, Suet. Aug. 1 sq.; cf. Drumann, History of Rome, vol. iv. p. 218 sq.
1 C. Octavius, the father of the emperor Augustus , Cic. Att. 2, 1, 12; id. Phil. 3, 6, 15.—
2 Cn. Octavius, the first consul of this gens, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138.—
3 M. Octavius Caecina, a tribune of the people , Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 106.—
4 Rarely of the emperor Augustus , Juv. 8, 242.—
5 In the fem. , Octavia, the name of the two sisters of the emperor Augustus , Suet. Aug. 4; 63; Tac. A. 4, 44.—
6 Octavia was also the name of the daughter of the emperor Claudius and Messalina , Suet. Claud. 27; id. Ner. 7.—
7 Octaviae Porticus, two halls in Rome , Vell. 1, 11; 2, 1; Suet. Aug. 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—Hence,
II Octāvĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to an Octavius , Octavian : Octaviano bello, i. e. in the war of the consul Cn. Octavius with Cinna , Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4: milites, of M. Octavius , who fought for Pompey , Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—Esp., subst.: Octāvĭānus , i, m., a surname of the emperor Augustus , who was adopted out of the gens Octavia into the gens Julia, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; Tac. A. 13, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 79, 1; id. Caes. 1, 2.