Mădărus — Lewis & Short
Mădărus, i, m., = madaro)s (bald),
I a surname jestingly given to C. Matius, on account of his baldness, Cic. Att. 14, 2, 1; cf. Calvena.
The corpus record — Latin
Madarus
Madarus · m
a surname jestingly given to
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Where it lives
- Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k
What it meant
In the wild
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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