The gens Plaguleia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only one member of this gens is mentioned by ancient writers, although a few others are known from inscriptions. [1]
The nomen Plaguleius belongs to a large class of names ending in -eius, which is typically, although not exclusively of Oscan derivation. [2] The only similar word in Latin seems to be plagulus, a curtain, suggesting that the nomen could possibly be occupational, referring to a curtain-maker, although that would more regularly be plagularius. [3]
The gens Plaguleia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only one member of this gens is mentioned by ancient writers, although a few others are known from inscriptions. [1]
The nomen Plaguleius belongs to a large class of names ending in -eius, which is typically, although not exclusively of Oscan derivation. [2] The only similar word in Latin seems to be plagulus, a curtain, suggesting that the nomen could possibly be occupational, referring to a curtain-maker, although that would more regularly be plagularius. [3]