The gens Sabidia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Few members of this
gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but a number are known from inscriptions.[1]
Origin
The
nomenSabidius belongs to a large class of gentilicia formed using the suffix -idius. These typically formed from
cognomina ending in -idus, but the suffix was one of a number which came to be regarded as a regular gentile-forming suffix, and was applied even in cases where there was no morphological justification. There is no evidence of a surname Sabidus, but the name might be etymologically related to Safini, an
Oscan name for the
Sabines and their descendants.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Sabidius, a friend of
Gaius Antonius Hybrida, whom he supported in his candidacy for the
praetorship of 66 BC. Antonius went on to become consul in 63.[4]
Publius Sabidius, one of the municipal
duumvirs at
Ostia in AD 18. He had held the office once before.[5]
Sabidius Pollio, said by
Apollonides of Nicaea to have forged the letters attributed to
Aratus, and some of those attributed to
Xenophon. Some scholars have suggested that he might be the Sabidius famously but enigmatically addressed by
Martial.[i][6][7][8]
Publius Sabidius Pollio,
praetorurbanus in an uncertain year; perhaps the same person as Publius Subidius Pollio,
aedile in AD 30.[9]
Sabidius Severus,[ii] one of the speakers in a dialogue by
Apuleius, debating the values of common sense and patriotism.[10]
Footnotes
^Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare; hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te. "I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee." This epigram is the source of the English rhyme, Doctor Fell.
^The manuscript has Safidius, which
Schryver amends to Sabidius.
Richard Bentley, "Dissertation upon the Epistles of Euripides", in Dr. Richard Bentley's Dissertations, Wilhelm Wagner, ed., S. Calvary & Co., Berlin (1874), pp. 554–568.
The gens Sabidia was an obscure
plebeian family at
ancient Rome. Few members of this
gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but a number are known from inscriptions.[1]
Origin
The
nomenSabidius belongs to a large class of gentilicia formed using the suffix -idius. These typically formed from
cognomina ending in -idus, but the suffix was one of a number which came to be regarded as a regular gentile-forming suffix, and was applied even in cases where there was no morphological justification. There is no evidence of a surname Sabidus, but the name might be etymologically related to Safini, an
Oscan name for the
Sabines and their descendants.[2]
Members
This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Sabidius, a friend of
Gaius Antonius Hybrida, whom he supported in his candidacy for the
praetorship of 66 BC. Antonius went on to become consul in 63.[4]
Publius Sabidius, one of the municipal
duumvirs at
Ostia in AD 18. He had held the office once before.[5]
Sabidius Pollio, said by
Apollonides of Nicaea to have forged the letters attributed to
Aratus, and some of those attributed to
Xenophon. Some scholars have suggested that he might be the Sabidius famously but enigmatically addressed by
Martial.[i][6][7][8]
Publius Sabidius Pollio,
praetorurbanus in an uncertain year; perhaps the same person as Publius Subidius Pollio,
aedile in AD 30.[9]
Sabidius Severus,[ii] one of the speakers in a dialogue by
Apuleius, debating the values of common sense and patriotism.[10]
Footnotes
^Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare; hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te. "I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee." This epigram is the source of the English rhyme, Doctor Fell.
^The manuscript has Safidius, which
Schryver amends to Sabidius.
Richard Bentley, "Dissertation upon the Epistles of Euripides", in Dr. Richard Bentley's Dissertations, Wilhelm Wagner, ed., S. Calvary & Co., Berlin (1874), pp. 554–568.