Oppius

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

Oppĭus, i, m.; Oppĭa, ae, f.,

I the name of a Roman gens.

1 C. Oppius, a friend of Caesar , Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14 al.—

2 L. Oppius, a Roman knight , Cic. Fl. 13, 31.—

3 P. Oppius, a quaestor , defended by Cicero; v. the fragm. in Orell. p. 444.—In fem. : Oppia, the wife of L. Mindius , Cic. Fam. 13, 28, 2; v. also Juv. 10, 220 Jan.; id. 10, 322.

V —Hence, Oppĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to an Oppius , Oppian : Oppia lex, proposed by the people's tribune , C. Oppius , against women's extravagance in dress , Liv. 34, 1, Tac. A. 3, 33; 34: Oppius mons, one of the summits of the Esquiline Hill , Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; Fest. s. v. septimontium, pp. 340 and 348 Müll.; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, pp. 521, 534.