tribunicius

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

trĭbūnīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [tribunus],

I of or belonging to a tribune , tribunitial : tribunicia potestas, Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 124; Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Flor. 3, 13, 1; Val. Max. 2, 9, 8: vis, Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Sall. H. 3, 61, 12 Dietsch; cf. seditiones, id. J. 37, 1: terrores, Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3: procellae, Liv. 2, 1. mucro aliqui, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 21: comitia, for the election of tribunes of the people , id. Att. 1, 1. 1; cf. candidati, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 b, 4: leges, proposed by the tribunes of the people , id. Agr. 2, 8, 21: auxilium, Val. Max. 6, 1, 7: furor, id. 6, 2, 3: equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem, i. e. of military tribunes , Caes. B. C. 1, 77. —

II Subst.: trĭbūnīcĭus , ii, m., one that has been a tribune , an ex-tribune : qui aedilicii, qui tribunicii, qui quaestorii, Cic. Phil. 13, 14, 30; Liv. 3, 35, 5: INTER TRIBVNICIOS RELATO, i. e. presented with the title of tribune , Inscr. Orell. 3146.

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