Natta
or
Nacca. “A fuller;” the name of an ancient
family of the gens Pinaria. The Natta satirized by Horace for his dirty habits was perhaps a
member of the Pinarian family, and therefore attacked by the poet for such conduct; but more
likely the name was given to heighten a contrast between the appellation and the manners of
the man (
Hor. Sat. i. 6, 124).