Sulla

Sulla (less correctly Sylla ), ae, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,

I.

L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.—Hence, Sullānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla:

tempus,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46:

ager,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

assignationes,

id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

proscriptio,

Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3:

saeculum,

id. ib. 1, 20, 4:

partes,

Nep. Att. 2:

tempora,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123. — Subst.: Sullāni, ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.—

II.

L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.—

III.

P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator, accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant. —

IV.

Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.—

V.

An astrologer of the time of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 57.