I.a city in Gallia Cispadana, on the Po, the modern Piacenza, Liv. 21, 25; 56 sq.; 27, 39; 31, 10 al.; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5; Tac. H. 2, 17; Sil. 8, 593.—Hence,
II. Plăcentī-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Placentia, Placentian, Placentine: “municipium,” Cic. Pis. 23, 53: “calices,” id. ib. 27, 67: “turma,” Liv. 44, 40: “Tinca,” from Placentia, Cic. Brut. 46, 172.—In plur. subst.: Plă-centīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Placentia, the Placentines, Liv. 27, 10; 31, 21 al.—
B. In a burlesque double sense: Placentini milites, Placentine soldiers and placenta (cake) soldiers, i. e. pastry-cooks, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 59.
