Laelius
- name of a Roman gens.— So esp.,
- 1 C. Laelius, a friend of Scipio Africanus: in quo Laeliu' clamores, σοφὸς ille, solebat Edere, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Fin. 2, 8, 24; cf.: nec dubitare illum (C. Laelium) in omni sermone appellare sapientem, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; id. Brut. 21, 82; cf. Hor. S. 2, 1, 65; 72. Cicero's treatise on Friendship is named after him.—
- 2 D. Laelius, a writer of moderate abilities, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25.—
- 3 Another D. Laelius, perh. a son of the preceding, an adherent of Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 40.—In fem.: Laelĭa, ae, daughter of C. Laelius, and mother-in-law of L. Crassus, celebrated for her intellectual culiure, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Another Laelia, a Vestal, Tac. A. 15, 22.
- —Hence, Laelĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Laelius, Laelian: naves, i. e. of Pompey's commander, D. Laelius, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2.
- 1. C. ~ Sapiens, vriend v. Scipio Africanus Minor;
- 2. D. ~, bevelhebber v.d. Aziatische vloot v. Pompeius; — adj. Laeliānus, a, um [naves].
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…et dignitatem tuam tolerabiliorem senectutem videri, id autem non posse multis contingere. CATO. Est istuc quidem, Laeli, aliquid, sed nequaquam in isto sunt omnia ; ut Themistocles fertur Seriphio cuidam in iurgio respondisse, cum…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Senectute
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…; at isdem temporibus in M. Scauro et in M. Druso adulescente singularis severitas, in C. Laelio multa hilaritas, in eius familiari Scipione ambitio maior, vita tristior. De Graecis autem dulcem et facetum festivique…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Officiis
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…mortem et Laeli, Phili, Manili, P. ; Rutili, ; Q. Tuberonis et Laeli generorum, Fanni et Scaevolae, sermo autem in novem et dies et libros distributus de optimo statu civitatis et…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem
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…; adoptatus enimtestamento videtur a matrissuae fratre Q. Servilio Caepione D. iunius Silanus Iuppiter Karthago Lacedaemonii C. Laelius Sapiens consul a. . voluptatem secernens abono suavitatem neglegebt. adolescens audivit Diogenem BabyloniumStoicum sq. auditor etfamiliaris fuit…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
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…exposita est in C. Fanni annalibus. tum ipse L. Cotta est veterator habitus ; sed C. Laelius et P. Africanus in primis elo quentes, quorum exstant orationes, ex quibus existimari de ingeniis oratorum potest…
M. Tullius Cicero, Brutus
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…ut in Italiam quam primum venirem ; eius me litteris venisse. tum ille edixit ita ut me exciperet et Laelium nominatim. quod sane nollem ; poterat enim sine nomine res ipsa excipi. o multas et gravis offensiones quas…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
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…sic odiosa est, ut onus se Aetna gravius dicant sustinere. CATO. Rem haud sane, Scipio et Laeli, difficilem admirari videmini. quibus enim nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum, eis omnis aetas…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Senectute
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…est illud quod non longe a gradibus Aureliis haec causa dicitur. ob hoc crimen hic locus abs te, Laeli, atque illa turba quaesita est ; scis quanta sit manus, quanta concordia, quantum valeat in contionibus .…
Cicero, pro Flacco
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…studeo, Phile, ex te audire quid sentias. Dixerat hoc ille, cum puer nuntiavit venire ad eum Laelium domoque iam exisse. Tum Scipio calceis et vestimentis sumptis e cubiculo est egressus, et cum paululum inambulavisset in…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Republica
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…eo se esse admodum delectatos, tamen praeter ceteros Scipio quasi quodam gaudio elatus Multas tu quidem, inquit, Laeli, saepe causas ita defendisti, ut ego non modo tecum Servium Galbam, collegam nostrum, quem tu ,…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Republica
Gaius. (1) The friend of Scipio Africanus the elder. He fought under the latter in almost all his campaigns. He was consul B.C. 190.
(2) Surnamed Sapiens, son of the preceding. His intimacy with Scipio Africanus the younger was as remarkable as his father's friendship with the elder, and it obtained an imperishable monument in Cicero's treatise, Laelius sive de Amicitia. He was born about 186; was tribune of the plebs in 151, praetor in 145, and consul in 140. He was celebrated for his love of literature and philosophy, and cultivated the society and friendship of the philosopher Panaetius, of the historian Polybius, and of the poets Terence and Lucilius. Laelius is the principal interlocutor in Cicero's dialogue De Amicitia, and is one of the speakers in the De Senectute and in the De Republica. His two daughters were married—the one to Q. Mucius Scaevola, the augur, the other to C. Fannius Strabo.