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Cinna, ae, m., a family name of the gentes Cornelia and Helvia.

  1. I. L. Cornelius Cinna, consul A.U.C. 667-670; a confederate of C. Marius in the Roman civil war with Sylla, Vell. 2, 20 sq.; Flor. 3, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54 and 55.
    Hence, appel., a Cinna, a cruel warrior: tyrannum et Cinnam appellans, Sall. H. 1, 42 Dietsch.
    Hence, Cinnānus, a, um, adj., of Cinna: partes, his party, adherents, Vell. 2, 24; Nep. Att. 2, 2: rabies, Flor. 4, 2, 2: tumultus, Nep. Att. 2, 2.
  2. II. Son of the preceding of the same name, a follower of Lepidus, and afterwards one of the assassins of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 5; 85; Val. Max. 9, 9, 1; cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 26.
  3. III. Cn. Cinna Magnus, son of the preceding, pardoned by Augustus, Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 1.
  4. IV. C. Helvius Cinna, a Roman poet, friend of Catullus, the author of a poem, now lost, called Smyrna, Ov. Tr. 2, 435; Cat. 10, 30; 10, 95; 10, 96; Verg. E. 9, 35; Mart. 10, 21, 4; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 5; Quint. 10, 4, 4 al.