1. A native of Larinum, highly respected and esteemed not only in his own municipium but in
the whole surrounding country, on account of his ancient descent, unblemished reputation, and
great moral worth. He married Sassia, and died in Pro Cluent. 5.)
In modern editions of Cicero the cognomen Avitus uniformly appears
instead of Habitus, having been first introduced, in opposition to all
the best MSS. both of Cicero and Quintilian, by Lambinus at the suggestion of Cujaccius, who
maintained, that Habitus must in every case be considered as a corruption
of the transcribers, and appealed for the confirmation of his opinion to the Florentine MS. of
the Digest (Abitus. Accordingly, Orelli, following Niebuhr and
Classen, has restored the ancient form in his Onomasticon, although not in the text of the
oration. (Rheinisches Museum for 1827, p. 223.)