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Quintilius, Quintiliī

(Quinctilius, Quinctiliī)

Quintilius, Quinctilius, Quintilia

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

the name of a Roman gens
Quintilius Varus, proconsul of Syria, afterwards commander of the Romans in Germany, defeated by Arminius
A poet of Cremona, a friend of Horace, and kinsman of Virgil

Abbreviations

Quintilius (Quinct-), i, m., Quin-tilia (Quinct-), ae, f., the name of a Roman gens. Thus, Quintilius Varus, proconsul of Syria, afterwards commander of the Romans in Germany, defeated by Arminius, Vell. 2, 117, 2; Suet. Tib. 17; Tac. A. 1, 3; Flor. 4, 12.

— A poet of Cremona, a friend of Horace, and kinsman of Virgil, Hor. C. 1, 24, 5; 12; id. A. P. 438.

— Fem. Quintilia, Cat. 96, 7.

—Hence, Quinti-liānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Quintilius, Quintilian: Luperci, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. faviani, p. 87 Mull.; cf. id. ib. 257.