Vătīnĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens, Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254.—So esp.,
I P. Vatinius, a Roman vehemently denounced by Cicero , Cic. Vatin. 1, 1 sqq.
II —Hence, Vă-tīnĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vatinius , whose name became a proverb of disrepute: Vatiniana crimina, Cat. 53, 2: Vatinianum odium, id. 14, 3; cf. Sen. Const. 17, 3.—
II A shoemaker and maker of fournozzled drinking-cups , Mart. 14, 96, 1.—
B Transf., plur., drinking-cups made by Vatinius , Mart. 10, 3, 4.