Rubrena gens

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The gens Rubrena, probably the same as Rubrenia, was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in the time of Juvenal, but very few appear in history. At least one obtained the consulship some time in the latter part of the third century AD, but little else is known of this family. [1]

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Origin

The nomen Rubrenus seems to belong to a class of names derived from other gentilicia using the suffix -enus in place of -inus, a Latin ending that would be more typical of cognomina. The name was most likely derived from Rubrius , from ruber, red or ruddy. [2] [3] The form Rubrenius, found in one inscription, may be an error, or simply an attempt to give the name a more regular ending.

Branches and cognomina

The only Rubrenus mentioned in ancient authors bore the surname Lappa, a bur, belonging to a large class of cognomina derived from everyday objects, plants, and animals. [4] [5] The nomenclature of the consul Rubrenus, evidently inherited from a number of other families, included the common surnames Priscus, elder, and Proculus, an old praenomen, said by some of the Roman antiquarians to have been given to a child born while his father was abroad, but perhaps originally a diminutive of Proca, a name known from Roman mythology as one of the Kings of Alba Longa. [6] Magianus, a surname derived from the Magia gens, seems to have been passed down among the Rubreni for several generations. Other surnames, including Phorus and Hylas, were of Greek origin.

Members

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The prefect in charge of the distribution of grain to the poor.

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References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 664 ("Rubrenus Lappa").
  2. ↑ Chase, pp. 118, 131.
  3. ↑ New College Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. ruber.
  4. ↑ New College Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. lappa.
  5. ↑ Chase, pp. 112, 113.
  6. ↑ Chase, p. 111.
  7. ↑ CIL VI, 13329.
  8. ↑ CIL VI, 25506.
  9. ↑ Juvenal, Satirae, vii. 71–73.
  10. 1 2 AE 1938, 177.
  11. ↑ CIL X, 5058.

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