1. Vēdĭus, a, um, the name of a Roman gens: Vedius Pollio, notorious for his cruelty to his slaves, Sen. Ira, 3, 40, 2; id. Clem. 1, 18, 2; Tac. A. 1, 10; Plin. 9, 23, 39, § 77 al.