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1. Quintĭlĭānus (Quinct-), i, m., Quintilian, a Roman surname. Thus, M. Fabius Quintilianus, the celebrated rhetorician, teacher of Pliny the younger and Juvenal; a native of Calagurris, in Spain, whose rhetorical work, De Institutione Oratoriā, is still extant, Mart. 2, 90, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 9; 6, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 75 and 280; 7, 180.

2. Quintĭlĭānus, adj., v. Quintilius, II.

Quintĭlĭus (Quinct-), i, m., Quin-tĭlĭa (Quinct-), ae, f.,

  1. I. the name of a Roman gens. Thus,
      1. 1. Quintilius Varus, proconsul of Syria, afterwards commander of the Romans in Germany, defeated by Arminius, Vell. 2, 117, 2; Suet. Tib. 17; Tac. A. 1, 3; Flor. 4, 12.
      2. 2. A poet of Cremona, a friend of Horace, and kinsman of Virgil, Hor. C. 1, 24, 5; 12; id. A. P. 438.
      3. 3. Fem. Quintilia, Cat. 96, 7.
        Hence,
  2. II. Quintĭ-lĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Quintilius, Quintilian: Luperci, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. faviani, p. 87 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 257.