The gens Orbilia was an obscure
plebeian family of
ancient Rome. None of its members are known to have held any
magistracies. Its most famous representative may have been the grammarian
Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, who operated a school at Rome, and was the master of
Horace.[1]
Origin
The
nomenOrbilius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from other names, in this instance the
Latin nomen Orbius, using the diminutive suffix -ilius.[2]Orbius is derived from the
cognomenOrbus, a waif or orphan.[3][4]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, the grammarian, was a native of
Beneventum, opened a school at Rome during the
consulship of
Cicero, in 63 BC. He was well-reputed, but obtained the surname Plagosus from his students due to his frequent floggings. He was fifty when he came to Rome, and lived almost to one hundred. He wrote a treatise which has been lost.[i][5][6][7][1][8]
Orbilius L. f., son of the grammarian, who followed in his father's footsteps and operated a school at Rome.[6][1][8]
Lucius Orbilius L. l. Hilario, a freedman buried at Rome.[9]
The gens Orbilia was an obscure
plebeian family of
ancient Rome. None of its members are known to have held any
magistracies. Its most famous representative may have been the grammarian
Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, who operated a school at Rome, and was the master of
Horace.[1]
Origin
The
nomenOrbilius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from other names, in this instance the
Latin nomen Orbius, using the diminutive suffix -ilius.[2]Orbius is derived from the
cognomenOrbus, a waif or orphan.[3][4]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, the grammarian, was a native of
Beneventum, opened a school at Rome during the
consulship of
Cicero, in 63 BC. He was well-reputed, but obtained the surname Plagosus from his students due to his frequent floggings. He was fifty when he came to Rome, and lived almost to one hundred. He wrote a treatise which has been lost.[i][5][6][7][1][8]
Orbilius L. f., son of the grammarian, who followed in his father's footsteps and operated a school at Rome.[6][1][8]
Lucius Orbilius L. l. Hilario, a freedman buried at Rome.[9]