proper nounCalvīnusCALVINVS☆ KeepMeaninga Roman cognomenLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879CALVINUSLEWIS & SHORTCALVINUSCalvīnus, i, m., I. a Roman cognomen; esp., I. Cn. Domitius Calvinus, consul, A.U.C. 701, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 2; 2, 3, 6; id. Att. 4, 17, 3; id. Fam. 16, 12, 3 al.—II. C. Sextius Calvinus, an eminent advocate, Cic. Brut. 34, 130; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyCalvinusCalvinus. 4. Cn. Domitius Calvinus, M. F. M. N., appears, in B. C. 62, as legate of L. Valerius Flaccus in Asia, and in B. C. 59 as tribune of the peo…