Velleius

Vellēius, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.

• I C. Velleius Paterculus, an historian under Augustus and Tiberius; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 203 sq.—
• II C. Velleins, an Epicurean, friend of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 78; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15.—Hence,
• • A Vel-lēius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Velleius, Velleian: lex, perh. called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 28, 2, 29; 28, 3, 3; Just. Inst. 2, 13.—
  • B Vellēiānus, a, um, adj., of a Velleius, Velleian: senatusconsultum, called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 16, 1, 2.

Vellēius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten I) C. Velleius Paterculus, ein Geschichtschreiber unter Augustus u. Tiberius. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.⁶ § 278. – II) C. Velleius, Anhänger der epikureischen Philosophie u. Freund des Redners Krassus, Volkstribun um 91 v. Chr., Cic. de or. 3, 78 u. de nat. deor. 1, 15. – Adi. vellejisch, lex, ICt. – Dav. Vellēiānus, a, um, vellejanisch, senatus consultum, des Konsuls C. Vellejus Tutor, ICt.

Velleius, (16) ī, m. , nom dʼune famille rom. ; not. C. Velléius, philosophe épicurien, ami de lʼorateur Crassus : Cic. de Or. 3, 78 || Velléius Paterculus, historien latin, préteur sous Tibère || -eius, a, um, de Velléius : Inst. Just. 2, 13 ; ou -eiānus, a, um, Dig. 16, 1, 2.

Velleius

1. C. Velleius, a senator, is introduced by Cicero as one of the supporters of the Epicurean philosophy in his De Natura Deorum (1.6, foll.). He was a friend of the orator L. Crassus. (Cic. de Orat. 3.21, de Nat. Deor. 1.21.)

Velleius

2. C. Velleius, the grandfather, Velleius the father, and Velleius Capito, the uncle of the historian Velleius Paterculus, together with Paterculus himself, are all spoken of under Paterculus.

Velleius

3. P. Velleius or Vellaeus, commanded an army in the neighbourhood of Thrace in the reign of Tiberius, A. D. 21 (Tac. Ann. 3.39).