Porcius, i, m.; Porcia, ae, f.,
I the name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,
A M. Porcius Cato Censorinus, or Major, the severe censor , whose life was written by Nepos , and for whom Cicero named his Essay on Old Age , Nep. Cato, 1 sqq.; Cic. Rep. 1, 1.—
B M. Porcius Cato, the younger , called Uticensis , because of his famous death at Utica , Sall. Cat. 52, 1; Cic. Att. 12, 12, 1.—
C In fem. , Porcia, a sister of the younger Cato , wife of Domitius Ahenobarbus , Cic. Att. 13, 37; 3, 48.—Hence,
II Porcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Porcius , Porcian : lex, of the people's tribune P. Porcius Laeca, Liv. 9, 10; Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; Sall. C. 51, 40: basilica, named after the elder Cato , Liv. 39, 44.