Tullius

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

Tullĭus, i, m.; Tullĭa, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens. Esp.,

I Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome , Liv. 1, 41 sqq. —

II M. Tullius Cicero, the renowned statesman and orator.

III Q. Tullius Cicero, his brother.

IV M. Tullius Tiro, a freedman of M. Cicero.

V Fem. Tullia, a daughter of king Servius Tullius , and wife of Tarquinius Superbus. —Also,

VI A daughter of M. Tullius Cicero.

VII —Hence, Tullĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Tullius , Tullian : semis, Cic. Att. 15, 29, 1: caput, id. ib. 15, 26, 4: Scipio, i. e. introduced in Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1.—Subst.: Tullĭānum , i, n., the dungeon of the state-prison in Rome , built by king Servius Tullius , Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll.; Sall. C. 55, 3 sq.; Liv. 29, 22, 10; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 262 sq.—Adv.: Tullĭānē , in the manner of M. Tullius Cicero : jocari, Aug. contr. Pelag. 2, 10, 37.