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Gracchus

gen. Gracchi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
a Roman family name in the •
a Roman family name in the gens Sempronia; the most celebrated are the two brothers Ti. and C. Sempronius Gracchus, sons of Ti. Sempronius and Cornelia, daughter of Scipio Africanus the elder, Cic. Brut. 86, 296; id. Phil. 7, 6, 17: Cornelia, mater Gracchorum, id. Brut. 58, 210; Juv. 6, 168: Gracchi de seditione querentes, id. 2, 24.—
Deriv.
Deriv.
belonging to a Gracchus; Gracchan •
Gracchā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Gracchus, Gracchan: judices, i. e. the knights who were made judges by a law of C. Gracchus, Cic. Brut. 34, 128: tumultus, Val. Max. 1, 1: mala, Sen. Brev. Vit. 6.—
a town in Spain founded by Ti. Sempronius Gracchus; the inhabitants of Gracchuris •
Grac-chūris, ĭdis, f., a town in Spain founded by Ti. Sempronius Gracchus: Ti. Sempronius Gracchus proconsul Celtiberos victos in deditionem accepit, monumentumque operum suorum Gracchurim oppidum in Hispania constituit, Liv. Ep. 41; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—Hence, Gracchū-rĭtāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gracchuris, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 24.
Perseus ID: n19780 Key: Gracchus