Scantinius

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

Scantīnĭus (Scātīnĭus), i, m.,

I a Roman name.

a P. Scantinius, a pontifex , Liv. 23, 21 fin.b . C. Scantinius Capitolinus, a tribune of the people , Val. Max. 6, 1, 7.—Hence, adj.: Scantīnĭus ( Scātīn- ), a, um, the Lex Scantinia (Scātīnĭa) de nefandă Venere is named after one Scantinius , a tribune of the people , otherwise unknown, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; 8, 14, 4; Suet. Dom. 8; Juv. 2, 44; Tert. Monog. 12; Prud. στεφ. 10, 203.—Form Scatinia, Aus. Epigr. 89, 4.