Placentia

Plăcentĭa, ae, f.,

I a city in Gallia Cispadana, on the Po , the modern Piacenza , Liv. 21, 25; 56 sq.; 27, 39; 31, 10 al.; Vell. 1, 14 fin. ; Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5; Tac. H. 2, 17; Sil. 8, 593.—Hence,

II Plăcentī-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Placentia , Placentian , Placentine : municipium, Cic. Pis. 23, 53: calices, id. ib. 27, 67: turma, Liv. 44, 40: Tinca, from Placentia , Cic. Brut. 46, 172.—In plur. subst. : Plă-centīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Placentia , the Placentines , Liv. 27, 10; 31, 21 al.—

B In a burlesque double sense: Placentini milites, Placentine soldiers and placenta (cake) soldiers , i. e. pastry-cooks , Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 59.