Numisius
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Numisium Proper-name adjective: neuter vocative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine accusative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter nominative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter accusative singular of Numisius
- the name of a Roman and Latin gens.
- 1 C. Numisius, Liv. 41, 8.—
- 2 T. Numisius Tarquiniensis, Liv. 45, 17.—
- 3 Numisius Tiro, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—
- 4 Numisius Lupus, Tac. H. 1, 79; 3, 10.—
- 5 Numisius Rufus, Tac. H. 4, 22; 59; 70. —
- 6 Numisius, a Latin chieftain, Liv. 8, 11.—Hence,
- II Nŭmĭsĭānus, a, um (Nŭmĕsĭānus, Isid. Orig. 17, 5), adj., of or belonging to a Numisius, Numisian: Numisiana vitis, Col. 3, 2, 2; 7; 12, 43, 9; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 34.
1. L. Numisius of Circeii, was one of the two chief magistrates (praetores) of the Latins in B. C. 340, the year in which the great Latin war broke out, and was the principal commander in the war. (Liv. 8.3, 11.)
2. C. Numisius, praetor B. C. 177, obtained Sicily as his province. (Liv. 41.8.)
3. T. Numisius, of Tarquinii, was one of the ten commissioners sent into Macedonia in B. C. 167, to regulate its affairs after its conquest by Aemilius Paullus (Liv. 45.17). About the same time, or a little earlier, he was at the head of the embassy sent by the Roman senate to endeavour to mediate between Antiochus Epiphanes and the two Ptolemies (Philometorand Physcon). (Plb. 29.10.)
4. Numisius, seems to have been the name of an architect, since Cicero speaks of Numisiana formca, that is, the plan of a house or villa designed by one Numisius. (Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2.2.1.)
5. Numisius Tiro, is branded by Cicero as one of the cut-throats of M. Antonius, the triumvir. (Cic. Phil. 2.4, 5.6, 12.6.)
the architect of the theatre at Herculaneum. His name is preserved in an inscription on the building. [P.S]