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Paetus2

Paetus2 · adj

having leering eyes

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 4 · 3.75/10k
Annales 28 · 3.15/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Elegiae 7 · 2.77/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 2 · 2.63/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 3 · 2.22/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 3 · 1.98/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 2 · 1.58/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Epigrammata 8 · 1.42/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 10 · 0.86/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. paetus — Lewis & Short

paetus, a, um, adj.etym. dub.,

I having leering eyes, with a cast in the eyes, blinking or winking with the eyes, blinkeyed; esp. as an epithet of Venus, prettily leering, with a pretty cast in her eyes, prettily blinking: paetus, mu/wy toi=s o)/mmasin, Gloss. Philox.: uni animalium homini depravantur oculi: unde Strabonum et Paetorum cognomina, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. valgos, p. 375 Müll.: strabonem Appellat paetum pater, Hor. S. 1, 3, 45.—Of Venus: non haec res de Venere paeta strabam facit? Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 684 P.: si paeta est, Veneri similis, Ov. A. A. 2, 659: Minerva flavo lumine est, Venus paeto, Auct. Priap. 37.

2. Paetus — Lewis & Short

Paetus, i, m.,

I a surname.

1 Q. Aelius Paetus, consul with M. Junius Pennus, A. U. C. 587.—

2 P. Aelius Paetus, an augur, Liv. 27, 36.—

3 L. Papirius Paetus, a friend of Cicero, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 7; 2, 1, 12. To him are addressed the letters of Cicero, ad Fam. 9, 15-26.

In the wild

Paetus Tacitus, Annales 14.p12
Paetus Cicero, Letters to Atticus 2.1.12
Paetus Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.41.21.8
Paetis Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.32.2.7
Paeti Tacitus, Annales 15.p27
Paetum Propertius, Elegiae 3.7.48

6 of 117 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. paetus (scan p. 498; entry #8086).

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