Gaius

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Gaius
       n : Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled
           passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his
           cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41) [syn: {Caligula},
            {Gaius Caesar}]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Gaius
     (1.) A Macedonian, Paul's fellow-traveller, and his host at
     Corinth when he wrote his Epistle to the Romans (16:23). He with
     his household were baptized by Paul (1 Cor. 1:14). During a
     heathen outbreak against Paul at Ephesus the mob seized Gaius
     and Aristarchus because they could not find Paul, and rushed
     with them into the theatre. Some have identified this Gaius with
     No. (2).
     
       (2.) A man of Derbe who accompanied Paul into Asia on his last
     journey to Jerusalem
     
       (3.) A Christain of Asia Minor to whom John addressed his
     third epistle (3 John 1:1).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Gaius, lord; an earthly man