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historicus

historicus · adj

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Where it lives

Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k
Conon 1 · 13.62/10k
Dion 2 · 13.48/10k
Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 2 · 6.36/10k
Tyranni Triginta 4 · 6.07/10k
Alcibiades 1 · 4.95/10k
Probus 2 · 4.85/10k
Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k
Suasoriae 4 · 3.89/10k
Divus Aurelianus 3 · 3.84/10k
Apocolocyntosis 1 · 3.69/10k

Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

histŏrĭcus — Lewis & Short

histŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = i(storiko/s,

I of or belonging to history, historical.

I Adj.: earum rerum historiam non tam historico quam oratorio genere perscripsit, Cic. Brut. 83, 286; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8: sermo, Cic. Or. 36, 124: fides, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 42: nitor, Quint. 10, 1, 33: prosopopœïae, id. 3, 8, 53: lingua, Sen. Q. N. 1, 13 fin.: homines litterati et historici, versed in history, Cic. Mur. 7, 16: fides, credibility, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 9; id. Ep. 143, 12; Vop. Aur. 35.—

II Subst.: histŏrĭcus, i, m., one versed in history or who makes historical researches; a writer of history, historian: oratores et philosophi et poëtae et historici, Cic. Top. 20, 78; Quint. 1, 6, 2; 11; 2, 4, 9; 10, 2, 21; 12, 11, 17 et saep.: Pelopidas, magis historicis quam vulgo notus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti? Juv. 7, 104.—Adv.: histŏrĭcē, historically: descriptiones locorum non historice tantum, sed prope poëtice prosequi fas est, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5; Hier. Galat. 10, 9, 10.

In the wild

historicorum Cicero, Orator 68.p1
historici Cicero, De Divinatione 1.55
historicus Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1.22
historicis Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7.2.8
historicus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.16.p1
historici Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.2.15

6 of 84 attestations shown.

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