noun

Rēgŭlus

gen. Rēgŭli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

a Roman surname

a Roman surname.

Of the

Of the Atilii, among whom was the celebrated consul M. Atilius Regulus, who was taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99; id. Fin. 2, 20, 65; Sen. Prov. 4, 5; cf. Gell. 6, 4, 1 sqq.; Sen. Prov. 3, 4 and 9 sqq.—

Of the

Of the Livineii, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3; Cic. Fam. 13, 60, 1; id. Att. 3, 17, 1.—

Another, called by Modestus omnium bipedum nequissimus, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 14.—

Aquilius Regulus, Tac. A. 3, 42.

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