Tigellia gens
The gens Tigellia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Almost no members of this gens are mentioned by Roman writers, but a few are known from inscriptions. Origin. The nomen "Tigellius" seems to belong to a class of gentilicia formed from cognomina using the double-diminutive suffix "". The precise origin of the name is not apparent, as there seems to be no surname "Tigus", or any corresponding word in Latin.