Sosius

Sŏsĭus, i, m.,

• name of a Roman gens.
• • • 1 C. Sosius, a quaestor under M' Lepidus, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1.—
    • 2 Another C. Sosius, consul 722 A.U.C., Cic. Att. 9, 1, 2; Suet. Aug. 17.—
    • 3 Q. Sosius, a knight of Picenum, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.—
    • 4 Sosii, famous booksellers in Rome in the time of Horace, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 2; id. A. P. 345.— Hence, Sŏsĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sosius, Sosian: Apollo, an image of Apollo brought from Seleucia to Rome by the quaestor C. Sosius, Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53; 36, 5, 4, § 28.

Sosius, a, um, ein röm. Geschlechtsname. Bekannt sind die Sosii, Buchhändler in Rom zu Horaz' Zeiten, Hor. ep. 1, 20, 2; de art. poët. 345. – Dav. Sosiānus, a, um, sosianisch, Apollo, ein vom Quästor C. Sosius aus Seleucia nach Rom gebrachtes Bildnis des Apollo, Plin. 13, 53 u. 36, 28.

Sŏsĭus, (14) ĭī, m. , nom dʼhomme : Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1 ; 9, 1, 12 ; Sŏsĭī, m. pl., les Sosies [libraires célèbres sous Auguste] : Hor. P. 345 || -ĭānus, a, um, de Sosius : Plin. 13, 53.

Sosius

(1) Gaius, a Roman quaestor B.C. 66, and praetor in 49. He was afterwards one of Antony's principal lieutenants in the East, and in 37 placed Herod upon the throne of Jerusalem.

(2) The name of two brothers (Sosii), booksellers at Rome in the time of Horace (Epist. i. 20, 2; A. P. 345).