person
Segulius Labeo
also: Segulius Labeo, Labeo Segulius, Labeo
A disreputable busybody and rumour-monger of 43 BC who carried gossip between Octavian's camp and Decimus Brutus, including the report of Cicero's quip that the young Caesar should be "praised, decorated, and lifted up." Decimus Brutus calls him "a man entirely true to himself."
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 11.20 §1 Labeo Segulius
A disreputable rumour-monger of 43 BC who shuttled gossip between Octavian's camp and Decimus Brutus; the wry phrase "a man entirely true to himself" marks him as untrustworthy.
- Ad Familiares 11.21 §1 A curse on Segulius from the gods
Segulius (Labeo Segulius) is the rumour-monger of the preceding letter (Fam. 11.20); Cicero answers Decimus Brutus's report of his gossip with this mock-imprecation.