Octāvĭus
i, m.
I.
the name of a Roman gens, Suet. Aug. 1 sq.; cf. Drumann, History of Rome, vol. iv. p. 218 sq.
1.
C. Octavius, the father of the emperor Augustus, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 12; id. Phil. 3, 6, 15.—
2.
Cn. Octavius, the first consul of this gens, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138.—
3.
M. Octavius Caecina, a tribune of the people, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 106.—
4.
Rarely of the emperor Augustus, Juv. 8, 242.—
5.
In the fem., Octavia, the name of the two sisters of the emperor Augustus, Suet. Aug. 4; 63; Tac. A. 4, 44.—
6.
Octavia was also the name of the daughter of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, Suet. Claud. 27; id. Ner. 7.—
7.
Octaviae Porticus, two halls in Rome, Vell. 1, 11; 2, 1; Suet. Aug. 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—Hence,
II.
Octāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to an Octavius, Octavian: Octaviano bello, Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4: milites, Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—Esp., subst.: Octāvĭānus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Augustus, who was adopted out of the gens Octavia into the gens Julia, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; Tac. A. 13, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 79, 1; id. Caes. 1, 2.