Attĭcus — Lewis & Short
Attĭcus, a, um, adj., = *)attiko/s.
I In gen., of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian:
Athenae,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 2; id. Rud. 3, 4, 36 al.:
civis Attica atque libera,id. Poen. 1, 2, 159:
civis Attica,Ter. And. 1, 3, 16:
disciplina,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 24:
fines,Hor. C. 1, 3, 6:
regio,Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33:
thymum,id. 21, 10, 31, § 57:
mel,of Mount Hymettus, id. ib.:
apis,Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30:
sal,Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 87:
columnae,formed in the Attic manner, id. 36, 23, 56, § 179 (cf. atticurges):
ochra,id. 37, 10, 66, § 179 (cf. 2. Attice):
paelex,i. e. Philomela, Mart. 10, 51; cf. Ov. M. 6, 537: fides, i. e. sincere, firm, prov., Vell. 2, 23, 4:
profluvius, a disease of animals,the glanders, Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 17 and 38.—Attĭci, ōrum, m., the Athenians, Phaedr. 1, 2, 6.—
II Esp.
A Appel., to designate the highest grade of style, philosophy, eloquence, etc., Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 7 sqq.; cf. id. Brut. 82, 284 sqq.:
Demosthenes, quo ne Athenas quidem ipsas magis credo fuisse Atticas,id. Or. 7, 23:
lepos,Mart. 3, 20.—Hence, subst.: Attici, orators of the Attic stamp (opp. Asiani): et antiqua quidem illa divisio inter Atticos atque Asianos fuit: cum hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes haberentur;
in his nihil superflueret, illis judicium maxime ac modus deesset, etc.,Quint. 12, 10, 16 sq.—And transf. to other things, excellent, preeminent, preferable:
logi,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 66.—Hence, Attĭcē, adv., in the Attic or Athenian manner:
dicere,Cic. Brut. 84; 290; id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; 4, 11; Quint. 12, 10, 18:
loqui,id. 8, 1, 2:
pressi oratores,id. 12, 10, 18.—
B A surname of T. Pomponius, the intimate friend of Cicero, given to him on account of his long residence at Athens. His biography is found in Nepos.—
C A friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 2; id. P. 2, 4, 2. —
D Antonius Atticus, a Latin rhetorician, Sen. Suas. 2, p. 19 Bip.—
E Vipsanius Atticus, Sen. Contr. 2, 13, p. 184 Bip.