Cĕthĕgus (noun M) :
* A Roman cognomen in the Cornelian gens.
* M. Cornelius Cethegus, a distinguished orator, Cic. Sen. 14, 50; id. Brut. 15, 59 al.; to him Horace alludes in the passage: priscis memorata Catonibus atque Cethegis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 117; cf. id. A. P. 50.
* C. Cornelius Cethegus, companion of Catiline, Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 32, 2; 43, 2.—Prov.: Clodius accuset moechos, Catilina Cethegum,Juv. 2, 27; cf. id. 8, 231; 10, 287.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• ... Cethegus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 0700 | PIR ID3951
• Cethegus (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1946, 211 | PIR ID3952
• Cethegus Scipio (Masc), ref: PIR C 0701 | PIR ID3953
• Ti. Claudius Saethida Cethegus Frontinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 1005 | PIR ID4467
• Ser. Cornelius Cethegus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 1336 | PIR ID4846
• Cornelius Lentulus Cethegus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 1388 | PIR ID4904
• M. Gavius Cornelius Cethegus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR G 0098 | PIR ID6598
• Gavius Cornelius Cethegus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR G 0099 | PIR ID6599

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