Cornificius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cornĭfĭcĭus, a, the name of a Roman plebeian gens; so,

I Q. Cornificius, friend of Cicero and author of rhet. and gram. works, Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 21 al.; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3 al.—

II A Latin poet , Cat. 38, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 436; Macr. S. 6, 5; cf. Don. Vit. Verg. 67.