Flaccus

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

Flaccus, i, m.,

I a Roman surname; cf.: aures homini tantum immobiles: ab iis Flaccorum cognomina, Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 136; esp. freq. in the gens Valeria, Cornelia, and Horatia; e. g. si quid in Flacco viri est, i. e. in Q. Horatio, Hor. Epod. 15, 12.—

B Transf., the writings of Horace : stabunt pueri, cum totus decolor esset Flaccus, Juv. 7, 227.—

II Deriv.: Flaccĭā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flaccus , Flaccian : area, Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.

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