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pāgānĭcus , a, um, adj. id.,
I.of or belonging to the country, rural, rustic.
I. Lit.: “paganicae feriae,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 26 Müll.; cf. “Paganalia: IOVI PAGANICO SACR.,” Inscr. Orell. 1250.—Absol.: “bona habere in paganico (sc. solo or agro),” Cod. Just. 6, 21, 1; cf. paganus: pila paganica, a ball stuffed with down, used at first in the country, but afterwards also in the city, Mart. 7, 32, 7: “pluma,” id. 14, 45, 1; cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 94. —
II. In eccl. Lat., heathenish, pagan, Salv. Gub. 1.
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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