Lucilianus

Lūcīlĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, whose most celebrated members were,

A.

The poet C. Lucilius, a native of the Campanian Suessa, formerly Aurunca (hence, Auruncae alumnus, Juv. 1, 19), the father of Roman satire, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 72; Quint. 10, 1, 92:

vis Lucilii,

Arn. 5, 169 (alluding to the verse of Lucilius: vis est vita, vides, vis nos facere omnia cogit, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 63 Müll.); cf. Hor. S. 1, 4, 6; 1, 10, 1; 2, 1, 62; Juv. 1, 65.—

B.

Q. Lucilius Balbus, an eminent Stoic, Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; id. Div. 1, 5, 9; Lact. 2, 5, 7.—

C.

Lucilius Bassus, a writer of no merit, Cic. Att. 12, 5.—Hence,

II.

Lūcĭlĭānus, a, um, adj., Lucilian, of the poet Lucilius:

character,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2:

versus,

Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:

aetas,

Macr. S. 2, 12: fornix, prob. a satire bearing this title, Arn. 2, 45.