Poppaeus
Poppaeus, i, m.; Poppaea, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens.
- I Masc., Poppaeus Sabinus, Tac. A. 1, 80; 4, 46; 5, 10; 6, 39: Poppaeus Silvanus, id. H. 2, 86; 3, 50.—
- II Fem.: Poppaea (on inscrr. also Poppea and Poppaia) Sabina, wife of the emperor Nero, Suet. Oth. 3; id. Ner. 35; Tac. A. 13, 45 sq.; id. H. 1, 13; 78; Inscr. Orell. 731; 733; Inscr. Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. tab. XVII. b, p. 123.—Hence,
- B Poppaeānus, a, um, adj., named after Poppaea, Poppaean: pinguia, a species of cosmetic (bread-dough mixed with asses’ milk), Juv. 6, 465.
Poppæus, (13) ī, m. , nom dʼhomme : Tac. Ann. 1, 80 ; H. 2, 86.
- 1. Q. ~ Sabinus, consul in 9 n. Chr., gest. in 35 als stadhouder in Moesië (lex Papia Poppaea, zie Papius);
- 2. Poppaea Sabina, tweede echtgenote v. Nero, in 65 n. Chr. door hem vermoord.