Attĭus or Accĭus (both forms are equally attested; Attius predominated under the empire, and the Greeks always wrote Ἄττιος. Teuffel), ii, m., = Ἄττιος, a Roman proper name.
I L. Attius, a distinguished Roman poet of the ante-class. per. , younger than Pacuvius , and his rival in tragedy and comedy. Of his poems a considerable number of fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. pp. 44 and 45; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 49, and Schmid ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 56.—Hence,
B Attĭānus ( Acc- ), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius : versus, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4: Attianum illud: nihil credo auguribus, Gell. 14, 1, 34.—
II Attius Navius, a soothsayer , who , in the presence and at the bidding of Tarquinius Priscus , cut in pieces a stone with a razor , Liv. 1, 36; Val. Max. 1, 4, n. 1; Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31 sqq.; 2, 38, 80.—
III P. Attius Varus, a praetor in Africa at the time of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey , Caes. B. C. 1, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 13.—Hence,
B Attĭānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius : milites, Caes. B. C. 1, 13: legiones, Cic. Att. 7, 15 and 20.—
IV T. Attius, an orator of Pisaurum , in the time of Cicero , Cic. Clu. 23.