[ 'si:zə ]
■ noun
1》 a title of Roman emperors, especially those from Augustus to Hadrian.
2》 Brit. informal a ~ean section.
Phrases
~'s wife a person required to be above suspicion. [with ref. to Plutarch's ~ (X. 6) ‘I thought my wife ought not even to be under suspicion’.]
Origin
ME: from L. ~ , family name of the Roman statesman Gaius Julius ~ .