Plautus, i, m. [flat-foot, v. 1. plautus],
I an Umbrian surname. —So, T. Maccius (or Maccus) Plautus, a celebrated Roman comic poet , a native of the Umbrian village Sarsina. —(On the name Maccius, instead of the earlier reading Accius or Attius, v. Ritschl, De Plauti poëtae nominibus, in his Parergon Plautinorum I. pp. 3-43; and respecting his life and writings, id. ib. pp. 47 - 579), Cic. Brut. 15, 60; Quint. 10, 1, 99.—
B Transf., the works of Plautus , a comedy of Plautus : adporto vobis Plautum linguā non manu, Plaut. Men. prol. 3.—Hence,
II Plautīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Plautus , Plautian : pater, i. e. a father in a play of Plautus , Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 2 fin. : numeri et sales, Hor. A. P. 270: sermo, Quint. 10, 1, 99: stilus, Gell. 3, 3, 13: prosapia, i. e. poor , mean , because Plautus was said to have worked in a mill, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.— Sup. : versus Plautinissimi, most Plautus-like , altogether in Plautus's manner , Gell. 3, 3, 4.