Gabinian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the gens Gabinia, a plebeian family of Ancient Rome.
  2. Of or pertaining to Aulus Gabinius, tribune of the plebs in 139 BCE, who introduced a law in 139 BCE that permitted voting by ballot.
  3. Of or pertaining to Aulus Gabinius, consul in 58 BCE, who introduced a law in 67 BCE that granted Pompey an extraordinary command in the war against the pirates.

Word forms

Gabinian

Etymology

From Gabinius + -ian.

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