(adj.adj.) : Asĭnĭus, a, um, adj.
* Name of a Roman gens; the most celebrated was Asinius Pollio, a friend of Augustus, founder of the first library in Rome, and author of a history, now lost, of the civil war between Coesar and Pompey, Cic. Fam. 10, 31 sq. Manut.; Vell. 2, 125; Hor. C 2, 1; Verg. E. 4; Tac. A. 4, 34; Suet. Caes. 30; id. Gram. 10; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. § 192; Weich. Poët. Lat. pp. 155, 293, 327, 395; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 218.— Hence, Asĭnĭānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the gens Asinia, or to an Asinius: crimen,Cic. Clu. 13.

Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• C. Asinius ... (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1220 | PIR ID2110
• Cn. Asinius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1221 | PIR ID2111
• Asinius (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1993, 1162 | PIR ID2112
• M. Asinius Agrippa (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1223 | PIR ID2113
• C. Asinius ...anus (Masc), ref: PIR A 1222a | PIR ID2114
• Asinius Bassus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1224 | PIR ID2115
• Ser. Asinius Celer (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1225 | PIR ID2116
• Asinius Clarus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1226 | PIR ID2117
• Asinius Epicadus (Masc), ref: PIR A 1227 | PIR ID2118
• Asinius Gallus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1228 | PIR ID2119
• C. Asinius Gallus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1229 | PIR ID2120
• Asinius Lepidus (Masc, senator), ref: RE Suppl. 14 (1974) 62 s.v. Asinius 17b | PIR ID2121
• C. Asinius Lepidus Praetextatus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1230 | PIR ID2122
• M. Asinius Mamilianus (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1978, 145 | PIR ID2123
• M. Asinius Marcellus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1232 | PIR ID2124
• M. Asinius Marcellus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1233 | PIR ID2125
• Q. Asinius Marcellus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1234 | PIR ID2126
• Q. Asinius Marcellus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1235 | PIR ID2127
• Q. Asinius Marcellus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1236 | PIR ID2128
• Asinius Marcellus (Masc), ref: PIR A 1231 | PIR ID2129
• Asinius Maximus (senator), ref: ZPE 144, 2003, 254 | PIR ID2130
• C. Asinius Nicomachus Iulianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1237 | PIR ID2131
• Asinius Pollio (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1238 | PIR ID2132
• C. Asinius Pollio (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1241 | PIR ID2133
• C. Asinius Pollio (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1242 | PIR ID2134
• Asinius Pollio (Masc), ref: PIR A 1239 | PIR ID2135
• Asinius Pollio (Masc), ref: PIR A 1240 | PIR ID2136
• L. Asinius Pollio Verrucosus M. Asinius Pollio Verrucosus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1243 | PIR ID2137
• L. Asinius Pollio Verrucosus M. Asinius Pollio Verrucosus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1243 | PIR ID2137
• C. Asinius Protimus Quadratus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1244 | PIR ID2138
• C. Asinius Quadratus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1246 | PIR ID2139
• Asinius Quadratus (Masc), ref: PIR A 1245 | PIR ID2140
• L. Asinius Ru... (Masc, senator), ref: IRT 537 | PIR ID2141
• Sex. Asinius Rufinus Fabianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1247 | PIR ID2142
• M. Asinius Rufinus Valerius Verus Sabinianus (Masc, senator), ref: RE Suppl. 14 (1974) 62f. s.v. Asinius 32a + nota PIR2 vol. VII 1 p. 97 | PIR ID2143
• Asinius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1248 | PIR ID2144
• C. Asinius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1249 | PIR ID2145
• L. Asinius Rufus (Masc), ref: PIR A 1250 | PIR ID2146
• Asinius Rufus (Masc), ref: AE 1994, 1645f + nota PIR2 vol. VII 1 p. 116 | PIR ID2147
• M. Asinius Sabinianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1251 | PIR ID2148
• Asinius Saloninus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1252 | PIR ID2149
• Asinius Saloninus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1253 | PIR ID2150
• C. Asinius Tucurianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1254 | PIR ID2151
• Atratinus M. Asinius Atratinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1319 | PIR ID2234
• Ti. Claudius Asinius ... (Masc), ref: PIR C 0792 | PIR ID4186
• Herius Asinius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1222 | PIR ID6910
• C. Asinius Pollio (Masc, senator), ref: AE 2002, 192 | PIR ID14805

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