- Flavius
- Flāvĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens:II.
gens Flavia,
Suet. Vesp. 1; Mart. 9, 2, 8.— So in partic. Cn. Flavius, the scribe of the pontifiex maximus, Appius Caecus, who published the Fasti, Liv. 9, 46, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17;v. fasti. From the gens Flavia were descended the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian,
Suet. Vesp. 1.— Hence poet., Flavius ultimus for Domitianus, Juv. 4, 37.—Derivv.A.Flā-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius:B.templa,
i. e. built by Domitian, Mart. 9, 4, 12; 9, 35, 2.—Flāvĭālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the college of priests for the Flavian family, instituted by Domitian, Flavial-:C.FLAMEN,
Inscr. Orell. 2220:PONTIFEX,
ib. 3672:COMES,
ib. 3162:SEXVIR,
ib. 3726:XVVIRI,
ib. 2375:assidentibus Diali sacerdote et collegio Flavialium,
Suet. Dom. 4.—Flāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius, Flavian: jus civile, named after Cn. Flavius, the publisher [p. 758] of the Fasti, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 7:partes,
i. e. the adherents of Vespasian, Tac. H. 2, 67; 3, 1.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.