Rabirius

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

Răbīrĭus, i, m.,

I the name of a Roman gens. Thus,

1 C. Rabirius, a tribune of the people; and,

2 C. Rabirius Postumus, a knight; both of them defended by Cicero in orations still extant.—

3 An indifferent philosophical writer , Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 5. —

4 An excellent poet , Ov. P 4, 16, 5; Quint. 10, 1, 90. — Hence,

II Răbīrĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Rabirius , Rabirian : domus, Cic. Att. 1, 6, 1.