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Sulpicius

Sulpĭcĭus, i, m.; Sulpĭcĭa, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens; e. g.
  • I Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul 610 A.U.C., and an able orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 39; id. Brut. 22, 86.—
  • II C. Sulpicius Gallus, a connoisseur in Greek literature, and a good orator, Cic. Brut. 20, 78; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Lael. 27, 101.—
  • III Ser. Sulpicius Rufus, a very celebrated jurist, a contemporary and correspondent of Cicero; v. Cic. Fam. 4, 1 sqq.; Gell. 2, 10, 1; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 42 sq.—
  • IV C. Sulpicius Apollinaris, a grammarian, teacher of the emperor Pertinax, Gell. 2, 16, 8; 4, 17, 11.—
  • V A tribune of the people. author of the lex Sulpicia, Nep. Att. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 18. —
  • VI Sulpicia, a Roman poetess in the time of Domitian, Mart. 10, 35, 1; Sid. Carm. 9, 262.—Hence,
    • A Sulpĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: horrea, Hor. C. 4, 12, 18: lex, proposed by the people’s tribune P.Sulpicius, Flor. 3, 21.—
    • B Sul-pĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: classis, commanded by the praetor P. Sulpicius, Caes. B. C. 3, 101: seditio, raised by P. Sulpicius, Quint. 6, 3, 75.

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