Titius

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

Tĭtĭus, i, m.; Tĭtĭa, ae, f.,

I the name of a Roman gens; e. g. Sex. Titius, a tribune of the people , whose motions so much resembled dancing that a certain dance was named Titius after him , Cic. Brut. 62, 225; id. de Or. 2, 11, 48.—

II Titius Septimius, to whom is addressed Hor. C. 2, 6; cf. id. Ep. 1, 9, 1. — Hence,

A Tĭtĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Titius , Titian : lex, Cic. Mur. 8, 18; id. Leg. 2, 6, 14; Val. Max. 8, 1, 3; Dig. 11, 5, 3: atrium, Liv. 39, 44, 7: sodales, appointed for the Sabine worship by king Titus Tatius , Varr. L. L. 5, § 85 Müll.; Tac. A. 1, 54; Luc. 1, 602.—Called also TITIALES, Inscr. Orell. 2432; cf. also SODALIS TITIENSIS, Inscr. Murat. 299.—

B Tĭ-tĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Titius , Titian : fundus, Dig. 23, 3, 50; ib. 45, 1, 85.—

C Tĭtĭensis , e, adj., of or belonging to king Titus Tatius; v. sodalis, A. —Subst.: Tĭtĭenses , ĭum, m., for the usual Tatienses, one of the three Roman equestrian centuries; v. Tatius; also abbrev. Tĭtĭens , ĭum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 81; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 31.