Pompejus

Pompējus (trisyl.) or Pompēïus (quadrisyl.), i, m., and Pompēja, ae, f., name of a Roman gens. So the famous Cn. Pompejus Magnus, the triumvir, Caes. B. C. 3, 86; Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 2; 13, 41, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 1 sqq. et saep.—In fem., Pompeja, his sister, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 2;

another,

his daughter, Hirt. B. Afr. 95, 3;

a third,

daughter of Q. Pompeius, wife of Julius Cœsar, divorced from him, Suet. Caes. 6; 74.— Hence,

A.

Pompējus ( Pompēïus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pompey, Pompeian:

domus,

Ov. P. 4, 5, 9:

lex,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1:

porticus,

at Rome, Prop. 2, 23, 45 (3, 30, 11); cf. Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 59; Suet. Caes. 81:

via,

leading through Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 169:

ficus,

Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 70.—

B.

Pompējānus, a, um, adj., of Pompey, Pompeian:

equitatus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

classis,

id. ib. 3, 101:

triumphi,

Luc. 3, 166:

caedes,

id. 10, 350:

porticus (usually called Pompeja porticus),

Vitr. 5, 9:

theatrum,

Mart. 6, 9; 14, 29;

hence also, Notus,

which blew in Pompey's theatre, id. 11, 21: ficus (also called Pompeja ficus), Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16:

partes,

Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—

2.

Subst.: Pompējāni, ōrum, m., the adherents or soldiers of Pompey, Pompey's party, Pompey's troops, Caes. B. C. 3, 46; Vell. 2, 52, 4; Sen. Ira, 3, 30, 5.—In sing., Tac. A. 4, 34:

Pompejanus Cilix,

Luc. 4, 448.