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Spūrinna, ae, m. [Etruscan], the surname of several Romans.

  1. I. The haruspex who warned Cœsar to beware of the Ides of March, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119; id. Fam. 9, 24, 2; Suet. Caes. 81; Val. Max. 1, 6, 13; 8, 11, 2.
  2. II. Vestricius Spurinna, a lyric poet, the leader of the Othonian party, Tac. H. 2, 11; 2, 18; 2, 36; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1; 3, 1, 1.