Voconius

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

Vŏcōnĭus, i, m.,

I the name of a Roman gens; so, Q. Voconius Saxa, a tribune of the people 580 A. U. C., author of the Lex Voconia, which restricted the right of women to inherit , Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107 sqq.; Liv. Epit. 21; Mart. 7, 28, 1.— Hence, Forum Voconii, a town in Gaul , Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Sauppius ap. Orell. Ind. Legum, pp. 294-305, and the authorities there cited.

II —Hence, Vŏcōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Voconius : Voconia pira, named after a Voconius , Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.