Stātĭus, ii, m.
I Orig., a name for slaves , acc. to Gell. 4, 20, 12.— A slave of Cicero was thus named, Cic. Fam. 16, 16, 2; id. Att. 6, 2, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 1.—Also a praenomen of freemen , e. g. Statius Albius Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 4, 9.—
II A surname (cognomen or agnomen).
A Caecilius Statius, of Insubria , a comic poet , a younger contemporary of Ennius , who died A. U. C. 586, Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
B P. Papinius Statius, a poet under Domitian , author of the Silvae, of the Thebais, and of an unfinished poem entitled Achilleis, Juv. 7, 82 sqq.—
C L. Statius Murcus, a lieutenant and proconsul , Caes. B. C. 3, 15; Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30; Vell. 2, 69, 2; 2, 77, 4.