The corpus record — Latin

opicus

opicus · adj

clownish

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

ŏpĭcus — Lewis & Short

ŏpĭcus, a, um, adj.a fuller form for Opsus, Obscus, and Oscus, lit. Oscan; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll.; hence, transf.,

I clownish, rude, stupid, ignorant, foolish (not in Cic.): (Graeci) nos quoque dictitant barbaros et spurcius nos quam alios opicos appellatione foedant, M. Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14: ut nostri opici putaverunt, Gell. 13, 9, 4: chartae, rough, coarse, unpolished, Aus. Prof. 22: amica, Juv. 6, 454: opici mures, barbarians of mice, that gnaw books, id. 3, 207.

In the wild

opicus Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 11.16.7
opici Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.21.4
opicae Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.455
opicae Ausonius, Epistularum 14.99
opicus Ausonius, Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 87.2
opici Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.9.4

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. opicus (scan p. 486; entry #7864).

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