gaius
IPA: gˈaɪʌs
Root Word: Gaius
noun
- (fl. AD 130–180) a celebrated Roman jurist.
- Gaius, sometimes spelled Gajus, Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen).
- a Latin praenomen, or personal name, and was one of the most common names throughout Roman history.
- the Greek spelling for the male Roman name Caius, a figure in the New Testament of the Bible.
- a genus of large mygalomorph spiders in the family Idiopidae.
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Examples of "gaius" in Sentences
- Gaius Cornelius has taken a hand.
- Gaius was a scion of the Plinii gens.
- The position in the Institutes of Gaius.
- Gaius thinks it will be an easy victory.
- They drove Gaius from the judgment seat.
- The next major reformer of the time was Gaius Marius.
- Reaction of the senate and the death of Gaius Gracchus.
- Gaius was his proper name and Caesar the 'cognomen' of his Julius branch.
- General Gaius Avidius Cassius was sent in 162 to counter the resurgent Parthia.
- Mucia's first husband was the short lived and unlucky Gaius Marius the Younger.
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