Lewis & Short

Carvilius.

  1. I. The name of a Roman gens.
      1. 1. Sp. Carvilius Maximus, consul B. C. 293 and 272, Liv. 10, 9, 12, and 39, 1 sq. al.
      2. 2. Sp. Carvilius Ruga, consul B. C. 234, the first person at Rome who divorced his wife, Cic. Sen. 4, 11; Liv. 23, 22, 4; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4; Gell. 4, 3, 2.
        Hence, Carvilĭānus, a, um, adj., of Carvilius: divortium, Gell. 4, 3 in lemm.
      3. 3. Carvilius Pollis, Plin. 9, 11, 13, § 39; 33, 11, 51, § 144.
  2. II. One of the four kings in Cantium (Kent), in the time of Julius Cœsar, Caes. B. G. 5, 22.