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Pācŭvĭus (Pācŭus ), i, m.,
I.the name of a Roman gens. So esp. Pacuvius, a celebrated Roman poet, a native of Brundisium, nephew of Ennius, and contemporary of P. Scipio Africanus, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 1, 1; id. Brut. 64, 229; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4; id. Or. 11, 36; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 56; Quint. 10, 1, 97. He is also said to have distinguished himself as a painter, Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 19.—Sync. form: Pacui discipulus dicor, porro is fuit Enni, Enniu' musarum, Varr. ap. Non. 88, 4; Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 19 Jan.—Hence,
II. Pā-cŭvĭānus , a, um, adj., Pacuvian: “physicus,” Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131: “testudo,” described by Pacuvius, Tert. Pall. 3: “ex quibus est Pacuvianum illud: nam si qui, etc.,” that Pacuvian verse, Gell. 14, 1, 34.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.19
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.2
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.57
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.97
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 14.1.34
    • Cicero, De Optimo Genere Oratorum, 1.1
    • Cicero, Orator, 11.36
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