Jūlĭus (in poets also Iūlĭus, quadrisyll.), a
* Adj., name of a Roman gens; especially celebrated, C. Julius Caesar and his adopted son, C. Julius Caesar (Octavianus) Augustus: unde domus Teucros Julia tangit avos,Ov. F. 4, 40: templa, i. e. curia Julia,id. P. 4, 5, 21: leges,Cic. Balb. 8; id. Sest. 64: edicta,decrees and laws of Augustus,Hor. C. 4, 15, 22: sidus,id. ib. 1, 12, 47.
* Transf.: Julius mensis (or, absol., Julius), the month of July, which was previously called Quinctilis: fervens Julius,Mart. 10, 62.