Pāpĭus, i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens.—
1 C. Papius, a tribune of the people , the originator of the lex Papia de peregrinis exterminandis, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47.—
2 M. Papius Mutilus, a consul , who , together with his colleague , Poppaeus, passed , in the reign of Augustus , the lex Papia Poppaea, for the promotion of marriages , Tac. A. 2, 32; 3, 25; 28; Suet. Claud. 23; id. Ner. 10; Aus. Epigr. 89.—
3 Papia, wife of Oppianicus , Cic. Clu. 9, 27.
V —Hence, Pāpĭus , a, adj., of or belonging to the gens Papia : Papia tribus, Inscr. Grut. 307, 7; 879, 6 et saep.