Pompĭlĭus

I. name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated is Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, Hor. C. 1, 12, 34; Ov. F. 2, 69; Liv. 1, 18.—Hence,

A. Pom-pĭlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pompilius, Pompilian: sanguis, Hor. A. P. 292.—

B. Pompĭlĭānus, a, um, adj., Pompilian: curia, Vop. Aur. 41: indigitamenta, Arn. 2, 95.