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LNS

Maelius, Maelia, Maelium

Maelius

adjective (2-1-2)

the name of a Roman gens, of which the most celebrated member is
who, under suspicion of aiming at kingly power, was slain, at the command of the dictator L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, by the, C. Servilius Ahala

Abbreviations

Maelius, a, the name of a Roman gens, of which the most celebrated member is Sp. Maelius, who, under suspicion of aiming at kingly power, was slain, at the command of the dictator L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, by the magister equitum C. Servilius Ahala, Liv. 4, 13 sq.; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; cf. Aequimaelium.

—Hence, Maeliānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Maelius, Maelian: caedes, i. e. the murder of Sp. Maelius, Liv. 4, 16.

—Subst.: Maeliāni, ōrum, m., the partisans of Maelius, Maelians, Liv. 4, 14.