Plancus

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

Plancus, i, m. (flat-footed),

I a Roman surname : plancae tabulae planae, ob quam causam et planci appellantur qui supra modum pedibus plani sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.: vola homini tantum, exceptis quibusdam: namque et hinc cognomina inventa Planci, Plauti, Scauri, Pansae, Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254: plancus, πλατύπους, Gloss. Cyrill.: στεγανόποδες, planci, Gloss. Gr. Lat. So, Munatius Plancus, v. Munatius.—Hence,

II Plancĭānus , a, um, adj., Plancian : Diana, who had a shrine in the house of the Planci , Viscont. Mus. Pio Clem. 2, p. 21 Mediol.

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