Cornēlii

, an illustrious family at Rome, of whom the most distinguished were, Caius Cornel i us, a soothsayer of Padua, who foretold the beginning and i ue of the battle of Pharsalia.――Do labella, a friend and admirer of Cleopatra. He told her that August us intended to remove her from the monument, where she had retired.――An officer of Sylla, whom Julius Cæsar bribed to escape the proscription which threatened his life.――Cethegus, a priest, degraded from his office for want of attention.――Cnæus, a man chosen by Mar cell us to be his colleague in the consulship.――Balbus, a man who hindered Julius Cæsar from rising up at the arrival of the senators.――Co us, a military tribune during the time that there were no consuls in the republic. He offered to Jupiter the spoils called opima . Livy , bk. 4 , ch. 19 .――Balbus, a man of Gades, intimate with Cicero, by whom he was ably defended when accused.――A freedman of Sylla the dictator.――Scipio, a man appointed master of the horse by Camillus, when dictator.――Gallus, an elegiac poet. See: Gallus .――Merula, was made consul by August us, in the room of Cinna.――Mar cell us, a man killed in Spain by Galba.――Cornel i us Nepos, an historian. See: Nepos .――Merula, a consul sent against the Boii in Gaul. He killed 1400 of them. His grandson followed the interest of Sylla; and when Marius entered the city he killed himself, by opening his veins.――Gallus, a man who died in the act of copulation. Valerius Maximus , bk. 9 , ch. 12 .――Severus, an epic poet in the age of August us, of great genius. He wrote a poem on mount Ætna, and on the death of Cicero. Quintilian , bk. 10 , li. 1 .――Thuscus, a mischievous person.――Lentulus Cethegus, a consul.――Aulus Celsus, wrote eight books on medicine, still extant, and highly valued.――Cnæus and Publius Scipio. See: Scipio .――Lentulus, a high priest, . Livy. — Plutarch. — Valerius Maximus. — Tacitus. — Suet on i us. — Polybius. — Cornel i us Nepos , .