Pinarius

Pīnārĭus, i, m.,

• the name of a Roman sacerdotal family. The Pinarii and Potitii presided at the celebration of certain sacred rites in honor of Hercules, originally instituted by Evander and re-established by Romulus. The Pinarii having on one occasion arrived after the exta were consumed, it was ordained that, as long as the family remained, they should not partake of the exta, Liv. 1, 7, 12 sqq.; 9, 29, 9 sqq.; Macr. S. 1, 12, 28; Fest. p. 237 Müll.
• —Hence, Pīnārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Pinarii, Pinarian: Pinaria domus, Verg. A. 8, 270: Pinaria gens, Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. R. 8: Pinaria tribus, Fest. s. v. popilia, p. 233 Müll.

Pīnārius, a, um, Name eines röm. Geschlechts, Pinaria gens, Aur. Vict. de orig. gent. Rom. 8, 2: domus, Verg. Aen. 8, 270. – Die Pinarii u. Potitii waren Priester eines schon von Euander eingesetzten, von Romulus wieder aufgenommenen Kultus des Herkules, Liv. 1, 7, 12 sqq.; 9, 29, 9 sqq. Verg. Aen. 8, 270. Aur. Vict. de orig. gent. Rom. 8, 1 sqq. Macr. sat. 1, 12, 28; 3, 6, 12 sqq. Fest. 237 (a), 21: bl. Potitii, Solin. 1, 10. Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 34, 3: u. Sing., stultior es barbaro Poticio, Plaut. Bacch. 123 Ritschl (Goetz poticio, s. poticius).

Pina'rius

1. Mentioned in the reign of Tarquinius Superbus (Plut. Comp. Lyc. c. Num. 3.)

Pina'rius

2. L. Pinarius, the commander of the Roman garrison at Enna in the second Punic war, B. C. 214, suppressed with vigour an attempt at insurrection which the inhabitants made. (Liv. 24.37-39.)

Pina'rius

3. T. Pinarius, is only known from his having been ridiculed by the orator C. Julius Caesar Strabo, who was curule aedile, B. C. 90. (Cic. de Or. 2.66.).

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4. T. Pinarius, a friend of Cicero, who mentions him three or four times (ad Att. 6.1.23, 8.15, ad Fam. 12.24). In one passage (ad Q. Fr. 3.1.6), Cicero speaks of his brother, who was probably the same as the following person [No. 5].

Pina'rius

5. L. Pinarius, the great-nephew of the dictator C. Julius Caesar, being the grandson of Julia, Caesar's eldest sister. In the will of the dictator, Pinarius was named one of his heirs along with his two other great-nephews, C. Octavius and L. Pinarius, Octavius obtaining three-fourths of the property, and the remaining fourth being divided between Pinarins and Pedius. Pinarius afterwards served in the army of the triumvlrs in the war against Brutus and Cassius. (Suet. Jul. 83 ; Appian, App. BC 3.22, 4.107.)

Pina'rius PINARIUS

6. Pinarius, a Roman eques, whom Augustus ordered to be put to death upon a certain occasion. (Suet. Aug. 27.)

Pinarius , Lucius

The great-nephew of Iulius Caesar, being the grandson of his sister Iulia. He was named as one of the heirs in Caesar's will (Suet. Iul. 83).