noun

Pāpĭus

gen. Pāpi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

the name of a Roman

the name of a Roman gens.—

a tribune of the people; the originator of the

C. Papius, a tribune of the people, the originator of the lex Papia de peregrinis exterminandis, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47.—

a consul; who; together with his colleague

M. Papius Mutilus, a consul, who, together with his colleague, Poppaeus, passed, in the reign of Augustus, the lex Papia Poppaea, for the promotion of marriages, Tac. A. 2, 32; 3, 25; 28; suet. Claud. 23; id. Ner. 10; Aus. Epigr. 89.—

wife of Oppianicus; belonging to the; Papia •

Papia, wife of Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 9, 27.—Hence, Pāpĭus, a, adj., of or belonging to the gens Papia: Papia tribus, Inscr. Grut. 307, 7; 879, 6 et saep.

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