Gallonius
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Gallonium Proper-name adjective: neuter vocative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine accusative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter nominative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter accusative singular of Gallonius
- name of a Roman gens.
- 1 P. Gallonius, a noted epicure: O Publi, o gurges, Galloni, es homo miser; cenasti in vita numquam bene, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24; Cic. ib. § 25; 2, 28, 90; id. Quint. 30, 94; Hor. S. 2, 2, 47; Schol. Cruq. ad loc. —
- 2 C. Gallonius, an adherent of Pompey in the Civil War, Caes. B. C. 2, 18; 20.
1. A public crier at Rome, whose wealth and gluttony passed into the proverb " to live like Gallonius." (Cic. pro Quint. 30, de Fin. 2.38.) He was probably contemporary with the younger Scipio, and was satirised by Lucilius (Cic. de Fin. 2.8), and by Horace (Sat. 2.2, 46). The sturgeon (acipenser) was one of the dishes for which Gallonius' table was famous. (Lucil. apud Cic. l.c. ; Hor. l.c. ; comp. Plin. Nat. 9.17.60; Macr. 2.12.)
2. A Roman eques, appointed governor of Gades by M. Varro, during the civil war in Spain, B. C. 49. (Caesar, Caes. Civ. 2.18, 20.) [W.B.D]