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Minucius, -

Minucius, Minutius, Minutia

noun (f., unknown declension)

the name of a Roman gens, of whom
under the dictator
of Africa, in the third century of the Christian era, the author of an apologetic work in favor of the Christian religion

Abbreviations

Minucius (Minut-), i, m.; Minu-tia (Minuc-), ae, f., the name of a Roman gens, of whom, M. Minucius Rufus, magister equitum under the dictator Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Liv. 22, 8, 6; Nep. Hann. 5, 3; Sil. 7, 386.

— Another, Luc. 6, 126.

— Minucius Felix, of Africa, in the third century of the Christian era, the author of an apologetic work in favor of the Christian religion, Lact. 1, 11, 55; 5, 1, 22.

—Fem.: Minucia, ae, a vestal, who was punished for incontinence by being buried alive, Liv. 8, 15, 7.

— Minuci-us (Minut-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Minucius, Minucian: Minucia gens, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115: lex, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. osi, p. 201 Mull.: Minucia porta appellata est eo, quod proxima esset sacello Minucii, id. p. 147 Mull.: porticus, in Rome, built by M. Minucius Rufus, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84: via, from Rome to Brundisium, id. Att. 9, 6, 1.