Sestĭus (Sextĭus), i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens.
1 P. Sestius L. F., a tribune of the people 696 A.U.C., a friend of Cicero and Milo , by the former of whom he was defended in an oration still extant.—
2 C. Sextius Calvinus, an orator , Cic. Brut. 34, 130.—
3 P. Sextius Baculus, a primipili centurio, Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; 6, 38 al.— Hence,
A Sestĭus ( Sext- ), a, um adj., of or belonging to a Sestius ( Sextius ), Sestian ( Sextian ): Tabula Sestia, the bankingtable or counter of a Sestius , otherwise unknown, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—Aquae Sextiae, v. aqua, 2. e.—
B Sestĭānus ( Sext- ), a, um, adj., of Sestius , Sestian : dicta, of the tribune of the people , P. Sestius , Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1: conviva, that dines with a Sestius Cat. 44, 10: mala, named after a Sestius , Col. 5, 10, 19; 12, 47, 5.