Agrippa
an ancient name among the Romans, was first used as a praenomen, and afterwards as a cognomen.
It frequently occurs as a cognomen, in the early times of the empire, but not under the republic. One of the mythical kings of Alba is called by this name. (
Liv. 1.3.)
According to Aulus Gellius (
16.16), Pliny (
Plin. Nat. 7.6. s. 8), and Solinus (
1), the word signifies a birth, at which the child is presented with its feet foremost; but their derivation of it from
aegre partus or
pes is absurd enough. (Comp. Sen.
Oed. 813.)