Lurco

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

Lurco, ōnis, m.,

I a Roman surname . Esp., M. Aufidius, who was the first to fatten peacocks for the table , Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; Plin. 10, 20, 23, § 45.—So of M. Perpenna Lurco, Inscr. Grut. 237, 8.—

B Transf., a voluptuary, debauchee , Ap. Met. 8, 25, 9.—Hence,

II Lurcōnĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lurco, Lurconian : Apiciana et Lurconiana condimenta, Tert. Anim. 33.

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