(adj.adj.) : Brūtus, i, m., = Βροῦτος [1. brutus]
* A Roman cognomen.
* L. Junius, the relative of Tarquinius Superbus, saved by his feigned stupidity [whence the name], and the deliverer of Rome from regal dominion, Liv. 1, 56, 7 sq.; Ov. F. 2, 717; 2, 837; Verg. A. 6, 818; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89 saep. After him, Brutus was the cognomen of the patrician gens Junia.
* From the plebeian gens Junia
* M. Junius, son of Servilia, a half-sister of Cato Uticensis by M. Brutus (not by Caesar; v. Ellendt Cic. Brut. p. cxxvii.), an intimate friend of Cicero about the 21st year of his age, and one of the murderers of Julius Coesar, Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56, 3; 2, 58, 1; Tac. A. 1, 2; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; 1, 4, 9 and 10; 2, 12, 28 sq.; 2, 13, 31; id. Fam. 3, 4, 2; as a philos. and orator active and respected,id. Ac. 1, 3, 12; id. Fin. 1, 3, 8; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 1 sq.; id. Att. 12, 5, 3; 13, 9, 2; Plut. Brut. 4; Cic. Or. 71, 237; Quint. 10, 1, 123; Tac. Or. 17 sq.; 21; cf. Ellendt, above cited; Meyer, Fragm. Orat. 205. To him Cic. dedicated his writings: Orator, Brutus, de Deorum Naturā, de Finibus, and Tusc. Quaestiones.
* D. Junius Brutus Callaicus, consul with P. Corn. Scipio Nasica Serapio A.U.C. 616, Cic. Brut. 28, 107; id. Leg. 3, 9, 20; id. Balb. 17, 40; Vell. 2, 5.
* D. Junius Brutus Julianus, consul with Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus A.U.C. 677, Cic. Brut. 47, 175; id. de Or. 2, 33, 142; id. Att. 12, 22, 2.
* M. Junius Brutus, the husband of Servilia, and father of the murderer of Coesar, a distinguished lawyer, Cic. Brut. 62, 222.
* Brūtīnus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Brutus (M. Junius): consilia rei publicae liberandae,Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Bruttedius Brutus (Masc), ref: PIR B 0156 | PIR ID3015
• C. Bruttidius Brutus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR B 0157 | PIR ID3018
• Brutus (Masc), ref: PIR B 0171 | PIR ID3032
• Lucius Brutus (Masc, senator), ref: SEG 47, 1867 | PIR ID8555

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