Popĭlĭus (Popill-), i, m., and Popi-lĭa (Popill-), ae, f.,
I the name of a Roman gens. So esp.,
1 M. Popillius Laenas, a consul A. U.C. 395, Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—
2 C. Popilius Laenas, the assassin of Cicero , Liv. Epit. 120; Sen. Suas. 7.—
3 In fem. : Popilia, the wife of Q. Catulus , Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44.— Hence,
II Popĭlĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Popilius , Popilian : gens, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55.