Popĭlĭus
i, m.
I.
the name of a Roman gens. So esp.,
1.
M. Popillius Laenas, a consul A. U.C. 395, Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—
2.
C. Popilius Laenas, the assassin of Cicero, Liv. Epit. 120; Sen. Suas. 7.—
3.
In fem.: Popilia, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44.— Hence,
II.
Popĭlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Popilius, Popilian: gens, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55.