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epicus

epicus · adj

epic

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Where it lives

De Optimo Genere Oratorum 2 · 12.63/10k
Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ĕpĭcus — Lewis & Short

ĕpĭcus, a, um, adj., = e)piko/s,

I epic: poëta (Ennius), Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2: poëma, id. ib. 1, 1; cf. carmen, Quint. 10, 1, 62; Fulg. Myth. 1, 2.—Plur. as subst.: ĕpĭci, ōrum, m., the epic poets, Quint. 10, 1, 51.

In the wild

epicos Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.51
epicum Cicero, De Optimo Genere Oratorum 2
epici Cicero, De Optimo Genere Oratorum 1
epici Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.62

Where it came from

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