Cassius
Brutus's fellow plotter
Cassius is a masculine given name of Latin origin, most famously borne by Cassius Clay—both the 19th-century American abolitionist and the boxer who later became Muhammad Ali.
The name appears in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar as the lean and hungry conspirator.
It has seen modest revival as a distinctive classical name for boys.
Personal name designation
- Muhammad AliLegendary heavyweight champion
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- senatorUpper chamber member
conspirator · Brutus · Julius Caesar · Ides of March · republic · tyrannicide · dagger · toga
Personal name designation
- AliArabic name, "sublime"
- LouisvilleMajor Kentucky river city
- heavyweightHighest combat weight class
- championTop competitor, or advocate
fighter · float · sting · Sonny Liston · conversion · Islam · draft · conscientious
Clay
Personal name designation
- Muhammad AliLegendary heavyweight champion
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
senator · conspirator · Brutus · Julius Caesar · Ides of March · republic · tyrannicide · dagger · toga · Senate
Clay
Personal name designation
- AliArabic name, "sublime"
- LouisvilleMajor Kentucky river city
- heavyweightHighest combat weight class
champion · fighter · float · sting · Sonny Liston · conversion · Islam · draft · conscientious · Olympic
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- Julius CaesarRoman dictator and general
- leanLacking fat; incline
- hungryWanting to eat
dangerous · quote · villain · antagonist · tragedy · envy · ambition · soliloquy · character · drama
masculine
Male in character
classic · literary · distinguished · strong · uncommon · vintage · regal · dignified · namesake · traditional
- Divine Comedy charactersDante, Beatrice, Virgil, Francesca, Paolo
- Roman ConspiratorsBrutus
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- Latin NamesAurelia, Augustus, Claudia, Cornelia, Gaia
CassiusJulius Caesar
Roman dictator and general
Caesar · tyrant · Augustus · Octavian · Mark Antony
CassiusJoe Louis
Dominant 1940s heavyweight champion
Sonny Liston · Joe Frazier · George Foreman · Rocky Marciano