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LNS

Opīmius, Opīmiī

(Opēīmius, Opēīmiī)

Opimius, Opeimius, Opimia

noun (m., 2^nd -IUS declension)

the name of a Roman gens.
consul
consul

Abbreviations

Opīmius (old orthog. Opēīmius, Eckh. D. N. 5, p. 264), i, m., Opīmia, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens. L. Opimius, consul A. U. C. 633, Cic. Brut. 83, 287; id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.

— Q. Opimius, consul A. U. C. 600, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277.

—In fem.: Opimia, a Vestal, Liv. 22, 57.

—Hence, adj. Opī-mius, a, um, of or belonging to an Opimius: basilica Opimia, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 156.

— Opīmiānus, a, um, of or belonging to an Opimius, Opimian: Opimianum vinum; and absol. as subst.: Opīmiānum, i, n., very celebrated wine of the vintage of A. U. C. 633, when Opimius was consul, Mart. 3, 82, 24; 9, 87, 1; 10, 49, 2; Petr. 34; cf. Cic. Brut. 83, 287; Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55; 14, 14, 16, § 94.