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Popilius

Popĭlĭus (Popill-), i, m., and Popi-lĭa (Popill-), ae, f.,
  • the name of a Roman gens. So esp.,
      • 1 M. Popillius Laenas, a consul A. U.C. 395, Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—
      • 2 C. Popilius Laenas, the assassin of Cicero, Liv. Epit. 120; Sen. Suas. 7.—
      • 3 In fem.: Popilia, the wife of Q. Catulus, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44.— Hence,
  • II Popĭlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Popilius, Popilian: gens, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55.

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