Surdinia gens


The gens Surdinia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Hardly any members of this gens are mentioned in ancient writers, but several are known from inscriptions.

Origin

The nomen Surdinius belongs to a class of gentilicia derived from surnames ending in the diminutive suffix . The root of the name, surdus, originally referred to someone deaf or dumb. As a cognomen, it belongs to a large class of surnames based on a person's physical traits or characteristics.

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