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Caecĭlĭus, a,

  1. I. name of a Roman gens.
      1. 1. C. Caecilius, Cic. Fl. 36.
      2. 2. Q. Caecilius Metellus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5; Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 82.
      3. 3. His son of the same name, called also Balearicus, for his triumph over the Baleares, Cic. Brut. 74, 259; Flor. 3, 8, 1.
      4. 4. Caia (Gaia) Caecilia, the Roman name of Tanaquil, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.
      5. 5. Caeciliae, daughters of Q. Cœcilius Metellus the elder, Cic. Dom. 47, 123.
      6. 6. Caecilia, daughter of Metellus Balearicus, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99, and 2, 40, 83.
      7. 7. Caecilius Statius, a Roman comic poet, of the ante-class. per., of Gallic origin, contemporary with Ennius; his comedies were by the ancients considered equal to those of Plaut. and Ter., and by many even preferred to them, Varr. ap. Non. p. 374, 8; Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 10, 40; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; id. Brut. 74, 258; Hor. A. P. 54 sq.; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Vulcatius Sedigitus ap. Gell. 15, 24.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Cae-cĭlĭus, a, um, adj., Cœcilian, of Cœcilius: familia, Vell. 2, 11; cf.: lex de ambitu, Cic. Sull. 22, 62: lex de repetundis, Val. Max. 6, 9, 10: et Didia lex de legibus ferendis, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41; 20, 53; id. Sest. 64, 135.
    2. B. Caecĭlĭā-nus, a, um, adj., Cœcilian: fabula, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15: senex (in a comedy of Cæcilius), id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46: pater, Quint. 11, 1, 39; Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: cerasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102: lactuca (named after Q. Cæcilius Metellus), id. 19, 8, 38, § 127; cf. Col. 10, 182.
      Also,
      1. 2. Caecĭlĭānus, i, m., a Roman cognomen, Tac. A. 3, 37; 6, 7; 16, 34.