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The gens Opsilia was an obscure plebeian family at Rome. No members of this gens are known to have held any magistracies, but several are found in inscriptions.

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Origin

The nomen Opsilius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from other names using the suffix -ilius. In this case the nomen is derived from the more common Opsius ; the same nomen also gives rise to the gens Opsidia or Obsidia. [1] The common root of all three nomina is op-, "help", found in the name of the goddess Ops, as well as the praenomen Opiter , and the derived patronymics Opiternius and Opetreius , and the nomen Oppius . [2] Most of these names are thought to be of Sabine or Samnite origin. [3]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

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References

  1. ↑ Chase, pp. 121–123.
  2. ↑ Chase, pp. 148, 149.
  3. ↑ Chase, pp. 128, 129.
  4. ↑ CIL XIV, 2602.
  5. ↑ RIB 1, 1856.
  6. ↑ CIL I, 3389, AE 1972, 172.
  7. ↑ CIL XI, 4232.
  8. ↑ SRD 1167.
  9. ↑ Kakoschke, 2, 5.
  10. ↑ CIL VI, 6034.
  11. ↑ CIL VI, 10286, AE 1937, 62.
  12. 1 2 CIL VI, 23535.

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