person
Quintus Hippius
Q. Hippius
also: Q. Hippio, Q. Hippius, Quintus Hippius
A very close connection of Cicero, on whose behalf Cicero writes Fam. 13.76 to the quattuorviri and decurions of a town, recommending C. Valgius Hippianus (who took his cognomen from Hippius). Otherwise unknown.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.76 §1 My ties of connection with Q. Hippius
Q. Hippius is the friend on whose account Cicero writes; the man recommended, C. Valgius Hippianus, carries the cognomen Hippianus derived from Hippius, marking a tie of inheritance or adoption between them.