Attĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀττικός.
I In gen., of or pertaining to Attica or Athens , Attic , Athenian : Athenae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 2; id. Rud. 3, 4, 36 al.: civis Attica atque libera, id. Poen. 1, 2, 159: civis Attica, Ter. And. 221: disciplina, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 24: fines, Hor. C. 1, 3, 6: regio, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33: thymum, id. 21, 10, 31, § 57: mel, of Mount Hymettus , id. ib.: apis, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 87: columnae, formed in the Attic manner , id. 36, 23, 56, § 179 (cf. atticurges): ochra, id. 37, 10, 66, § 179 (cf. 2. Attice): paelex, i. e. Philomela , Mart. 10, 51; cf. Ov. M. 6, 537: fides, i. e. sincere , firm , prov., Vell. 2, 23, 4: profluvius, a disease of animals, the glanders , Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 17 and 38.— Attĭci , ōrum, m., the Athenians , Phaedr. 1, 2, 6.—
II Esp.
A Appel., to designate the highest grade of style, philosophy, eloquence, etc., Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 7 sqq.; cf. id. Brut. 82, 284 sqq.: Demosthenes, quo ne Athenas quidem ipsas magis credo fuisse Atticas, id. Or. 7, 23: lepos, Mart. 3, 20.—Hence, subst.: Attici, orators of the Attic stamp (opp. Asiani): et antiqua quidem illa divisio inter Atticos atque Asianos fuit: cum hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes haberentur; in his nihil superflueret, illis judicium maxime ac modus deesset, etc., Quint. 12, 10, 16 sq.—And transf. to other things, excellent , preeminent , preferable : logi, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 66.
IV —Hence, Attĭcē , adv., in the Attic or Athenian manner : dicere, Cic. Brut. 84; 290; id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; 4, 11; Quint. 12, 10, 18: loqui, id. 8, 1, 2: pressi oratores, id. 12, 10, 18.—
B A surname of T. Pomponius , the intimate friend of Cicero , given to him on account of his long residence at Athens. His biography is found in Nepos.—
C A friend of Ovid , Ov. Am. 1, 9, 2; id. P. 2, 4, 2. —
D Antonius Atticus , a Latin rhetorician , Sen. Suas. 2, p. 19 Bip.—
E Vipsanius Atticus , Sen. Contr. 2, 13, p. 184 Bip.