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LNS

Spūrinna, Spūrinnae

Etruscan

noun (m., 1^st declension)

the surname of several Romans
The haruspex who warned Caesar to beware of the Ides of March
a lyric poet, the leader of the Othonian party

Abbreviations

Spūrinna, ae, m. Etruscan, the surname of several Romans. The haruspex who warned Caesar to beware of the Ides of March, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119; id. Fam. 9, 24, 2; Suet. Caes. 81; Val. Max. 1, 6, 13; 8, 11, 2.

— Vestricius Spurinna, a lyric poet, the leader of the Othonian party, Tac. H. 2, 11; 2, 18; 2, 36; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1; 3, 1, 1.