Scribonius

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

Scrībōnĭus, i, m.,

I name of a Roman gens.

1 C. Scribonius Curio, a friend of Cicero , Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 and 6, to whom are addressed Cic. Ep. ad Fam. 2, 1-7.—

2 Scribonius Largus Designatianus, a physician in the time of the Emperor Tiberius , author of a work De Compositione medicamentorum.—Also,

3 Scribonia, wife of Augustus , whom he divorced to marry Livia , Suet. Aug. 62; 69; Tac. A. 2, 27.