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Vatinius

Vatinius · m

the name of a Roman

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Vătīnĭus — Lewis & Short

Vătīnĭus, i, m.,

I the name of a Roman gens, Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254.—So esp.,
I P. Vatinius, a Roman vehemently denounced by Cicero, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1 sqq.—Hence, Vă-tīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vatinius, whose name became a proverb of disrepute: Vatiniana crimina, Cat. 53, 2: Vatinianum odium, id. 14, 3; cf. Sen. Const. 17, 3.—
II A shoemaker and maker of fournozzled drinking-cups, Mart. 14, 96, 1.—
B Transf., plur., drinking-cups made by Vatinius, Mart. 10, 3, 4.

In the wild

6 of 82 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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