Atticus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós). Doublet of Attic. === Proper noun === Atticus A male given name from Latin. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === TACITUS, Tacitus, catsuit == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a clipped Attica +‎ -icus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈat.tɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈat.ti.kus] === Adjective === Atticus (feminine Attica, neuter Atticum, adverb Atticē); first/second-declension adjective (in general) of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian (appellative) designating the highest grade of style, philosophy, eloquence, etc. (transferred sense) excellent, preeminent, preferable ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Atticī m pl ==== Descendants ==== English: Attic === Proper noun === Atticus m sg (genitive Atticī, feminine Attica); second declension a male cognomen T. Pomponius Atticus (110–32 B.C.E.), close friend of and famed correspondent with M. Tullius Cicero a friend of P. Ovidius Naso Antonius Atticus (C.E. 1st century), Latin rhetorician Vipsanius Atticus (C.E. 1st or 2nd century), buried at Catina in Sicilia ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Atticus === Further reading === “Attĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Attĭcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 183.