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Cipius

also: Cipius

A figure of Roman proverb cited in Fam. 7.24, said to have feigned sleep to ignore a wife's adultery, hence the saying 'non omnibus dormio' ('I am not asleep for everyone'). Known only from this proverbial allusion.

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Ad Familiares 7.24 letters · 1 mention

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