Strabo
*stra/bwn, a cognomen in many Roman gentes was indicative, like many other Roman surnames, of a bodily defect or peculiarity; such as
Capito, Fronto, Naso, Varus, &c.
It signified a person who squinted, and is accordingly classed with
Paetus, though the latter word did not indicate such a complete distortion of vision as Strabo. (
Plin. Nat. 11.37. s. 55; Hor.
Sat. 1.3. 45; Cic.
de Nat. Deor. 1.29.)