Cosconius

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

Coscōnĭus, a,

I name of a Roman plebeian gens; esp.,

1 C. Cosconius, praetor during Cicero's consulate, also known as a writer on antiquities , Varr. L. L. 6, § 39, and § 89 Müll.; Cic. Sull. 14, 42; id. Brut. 69, 242.—

2 C. Cosconius Calidianus, an inferior orator , Cic. Brut. 69, 242.—

3 A writer of epigrams , Mart. 2, 77, 1; 3, 69, 7.