Korfitz

This name derives from the Latin “Cornificius,” composed of two elements: “cornū” (a horn, antler, an arm or wing of an army, power, strength, might) plus “faciō > facere” (doing, making, creating). The gens Cornificia was a plebeian family at Rome. No persons of this name occur until the last century of the Republic, and the first who obtained any of the higher honors of the state was Quintus Cornificius, praetor in 66 BC. Lucius Cornificius, a member of the plebeian gens Cornificia, was a Roman politician and consul in 35 BC. Cornificius served as the accuser of Marcus Junius Brutus in the court, which tried the murderers of Julius Caesar. In 38 BC, Octavian gave him the command of a fleet in the war against Sextus Pompeius, during which he distinguished himself in battle in the waters around Sicily.