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Semprōnĭus , i, m.; Semprōnĭa , ae, f.,
I.the name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated members were Ti. and C. Sempronius Gracchus, after whom are named the leges Semproniae (v. infra, A.); fem. Sempronia, wife of D. Junius Brutus, and sharer in Catiline's conspiracy, Sall. C. 25 and 40, 5.—Hence,
A. Semprōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sempronius: “lex frumentaria,” Cic. Brut. 62, 222; id. Dom. 9, 24; id. Fam. 1, 7, 10: “leges,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; id. Phil. 1, 8, 18 et saep.: “Sempronia Horrea,” a place where, by a law of C. Gracchus, the public corn was stored, Fest. p. 290 Müll.; Liv. Epit. 58; 60; Flor. 3, 14 sq.; Vell. 2, 3 sqq.—
B. Semprō-nĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sempronius, Sempronian: “senatusconsultum,” introduced by C. Sempronius Rufus, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2: “clades,” suffered by the consul C. Sempronius Atratinus, Liv. 4, 43, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.29.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.7.10
    • Cicero, On his House, 9.24
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.163
    • Cicero, Philippics, 1.8.18
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 43.2
    • Cicero, Brutus, 62.222
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