Lentŭlus Copy link Outline I. a surname of a distinguished family in the ...A. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus, consul ...B. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, ...C. L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus, consul 705 A. U. C., ...D. P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura, one of Catiline's fellow-conspirators ...E. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, the elder, ...F. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, son of the preceding ...II. Len-tŭlĭtas, ātis, f., the name or ... • Lentŭlus, i, m., I. a surname of a distinguished family in the gens Cornelia. A. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus, consul 682 A. U. C., Cic. Balb. 8, 19; 14, 33; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 95.— B. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, consul 698 A. U. C., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2; 2, 6, 5; id. Brut. 70, 247.— C. L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus, consul 705 A. U. C., Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 51; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50.— D. P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura, one of Catiline's fellow-conspirators, Cic. Cat. 3, 3 sq.; Sall. C. 46.— E. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, the elder, a friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 13, 48; id. Brut. 77, 268; Juv. 7, 95.— F. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, son of the preceding, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11; 7, 26, 2; id. Att. 14, 11, 2.—Hence, II. Len-tŭlĭtas, ātis, f., the name or nobility of a Lentulus, qs. Lentulity (a comically formed word of Cicero): Appietas (the nobility of an Appius) aut Lentulitas, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.