The gens Orfidia was a minor plebeian family at Rome. Only a few members of this gens occur in history, but others are mentioned in inscriptions. The most illustrious of the Orfidii was probably Publius Orfidius Senecio, consul suffectus in AD 148.[1][2]

Origin

The nomen Orfidius appears to belong to a class of gentilicia formed from other names using the suffix -idius.[3] In this instance, the name was probably formed from the nomen Orfius, or perhaps the cognomen Orfitus, both of which are probably derived from the Oscan cognate of the Latin Orbus, a waif or orphan.[4][5]

Members

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ From Greek θεοκολος, a type of priest employed by a few Roman cults, including that of Jupiter Capitolinus, as observed at Corinth.
  2. ^ Rendered Hepagatus in the inscription.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c PIR, vol. II, p. 437.
  2. ^ a b CIL XIV, 244.
  3. ^ Chase, pp. 121, 122.
  4. ^ Chase, pp. 127, 128, 131.
  5. ^ Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, s. v. Orbus.
  6. ^ Tacitus, Historiae, ii. 43, 45.
  7. ^ Plutarch, "The Life of Otho", 12.
  8. ^ a b AE 1989, 209.
  9. ^ Corinth, 196.
  10. ^ a b CIL IX, 3450.
  11. ^ CIL XI, 5967.
  12. ^ CIL IX, 3990.
  13. ^ CIL IX, 3378.
  14. ^ a b AE 1907, 60.
  15. ^ CIL III, 1465, ZPE, 191-269.

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