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LNS

Caesarīnus, Caesarīna, Caesarīnum

Caesar

adjective (2-1-2)

of or relating to the triumvir Julius Caesar
Caesarian

Abbreviations

Caesar, aris (CAESERIS, C. I. L. 4, 2308; Inscr. Orell. 4205: CAESARVS, C. I. L. 1, 696), m., = Καῖσαρ [a caeso matris utero, Plin. 7, 9, 7, § 47; cf. Non. p. 556, 32: a caesarie dictus, qui scilicet cum caesarie natus est, Fest. p. 44; cf. Comment. p. 383. Both etymm. also in Isid. Orig. 9, 3, 12, and Spart. Ael. Ver. 2. Better acc. to Doed. Syn. III. p. 17, from caesius, caeruleus, the color of the skin; cf. Rufus], a cognomen in the gens Julia. Of these the most celebrated, C.Julius Caesar, distinguished as general, orator, statesman, and author, was assassinated by Brutus and Cassius, B.C. 44. After him all the emperors bore the name Caesar, with the title Augustus, until, under Adrian, this difference arose: Augustus designated the ruling emperor; Caesar, the heir to the throne, the crown-prince, etc., Spart. Ael. Ver. 1, § 2; Aur. Vict. Caes. 13, § 12.

— Derivv. Caesarīnus, a, um, adj., of or relating to the triumvir Julius Caesar, Caesarian: celeritas, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1 Orell. N.cr.

— Caesariānus, a, um, adj. Of the triumvir Caesar, Caesarian: bellum civile, Nep. Att. 7, 1.

— Hence, Caesariāni, ōrum, m., the adherents of Caesar in the civil war (as Pompeiani, his opponents), Hirt. B. Afr. 13: orationes, orations of Cicero in which Caesar was praised (pro Marcello, Deiotaro, De Provinciis Consularibus, etc.), Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 131.

— Imperial, Vop. Carin. init.: Pallas (esp. honored by Domitian), Mart. 8, 1.

—Hence, subst. Caesariāni, ōrum, m. A class of provincial imperial officers, Cod. Just. 10, 1, 5; 10, 1, 7; Cod. Th. 10, 7.

— Partisans of Caesar, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Flor. 4, 3.

— Caesariānum, i, n., a kind of eye-salve, Cels. 6, 6, n. 27.

— Caesa-reus, a, um, adj. Of or pertaining to the triumvir Caesar, Caesarian (mostly poet.): sanguis, Ov. M. 1, 201: Penates, id. ib. 15, 864: Vesta, id. ib. 15, 865: forum, founded by him, Stat. S. 1, 1, 85.

— Imperial: amphitheatrum, built by the emperor Domitian, Mart. Spect. 1, 7: leones, presented by Domitian in the fight of wild beasts, id. Epigr. 1, 7, 3.