suffrāgātor, ōris [suffrāgor, to vote for], m., supporter, partisan, follower.
suffrāgium, ī, n., a voting tablet, vote, ballot.
[suī] gen., sibi dat., sē acc. and abl. of the reflexive pron., sing. and pl., himself, herself, itself, themselves; sēse, sēmet, strengthened forms of sē.
[Sulla, ae], m., a cognomen in the Cornelian gens.
1. L. Cornēlius Sulla, surnamed Fēlīx, born B.C. 138; consul in 88; commanded against Mithridates 88-84; fought Marius in 88, and again in 83, 82, becoming master of Italy. He was then chosen perpetual dictator, and made many changes in the constitution. He resigned the dictatorship in 79, and died next year.
2. P. Cornēlius Sulla, nephew of (1), defended in 62 B.C. by Cicero from a charge of complicity in Catiline’s conspiracy.
Sullānus, adj., of or by Sulla, Sullan; as noun, Sullānī, ōrum, pl. m., the followers of Sulla.
Sulpicius, ī, m., Ser. Sulpicius Rūfus, tribune of the people in 88 B.C., and a supporter of Marius.
[sum, esse, fuī, futūrus], to be, exist, live; with gen., belong to, be the part of; be true, be so; happen, take place; with dat., have, possess.
ab—absum, esse, āfuī, to be away or absent, be far from; prope abesse, to be at no great distance, be near.