Sosius

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

Sŏsĭus, i, m.,

I name of a Roman gens.

1 C. Sosius, a quaestor under M' Lepidus, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1.—

2 Another C. Sosius, consul 722 A.U.C., Cic. Att. 9, 1, 2; Suet. Aug. 17.—

3 Q. Sosius, a knight of Picenum , Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.—

4 Sosii, famous booksellers in Rome in the time of Horace , Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2; id. A. P. 345.— Hence, Sŏsĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sosius , Sosian : Apollo, an image of Apollo brought from Seleucia to Rome by the quaestor C. Sosius, Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53; 36, 5, 4, § 28.