Atticus

Attĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀττικός.

• In gen., of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian: Athenae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 2 (416); id. Rud. 3, 4, 36 (741) al.: civis Attica atque libera, id. Poen. 1, 2, 159 (368): civis Attica, Ter. And. 221: disciplina, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 24 (644): fines, Hor. C. 1, 3, 6: regio, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33: thymum, id. 21, 10, 31, § 57: mel, of Mount Hymettus, id. ib.: apis, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 87: columnae, formed in the Attic manner, id. 36, 23, 56, § 179 (cf. atticurges): ochra, id. 37, 10, 66, § 179 (cf. 2. Attice): paelex, i. e. Philomela, Mart. 10, 51; cf. Ov. M. 6, 537: fides, i. e. sincere, firm, prov., Vell. 2, 23, 4: profluvius, a disease of animals, the glanders, Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 17 and 38.—Attĭci, ōrum, m., the Athenians, Phaedr. 1, 2, 6.—
• II Esp.
• • A Appel., to designate the highest grade of style, philosophy, eloquence, etc., Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 7 sqq.; cf. id. Brut. 82, 284 sqq.: Demosthenes, quo ne Athenas quidem ipsas magis credo fuisse Atticas, id. Or. 7, 23: lepos, Mart. 3, 20.—Hence, subst.: Attici, orators of the Attic stamp (opp. Asiani): et antiqua quidem illa divisio inter Atticos atque Asianos fuit: cum hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes haberentur; in his nihil superflueret, illis judicium maxime ac modus deesset, etc., Quint. 12, 10, 16 sq.—And transf. to other things, excellent, preeminent, preferable: logi, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 66 (394).
• —Hence, Attĭcē, adv., in the Attic or Athenian manner: dicere, Cic. Brut. 84; 290; id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; 4, 11; Quint. 12, 10, 18: loqui, id. 8, 1, 2: pressi oratores, id. 12, 10, 18.—
• • B A surname of T. Pomponius, the intimate friend of Cicero, given to him on account of his long residence at Athens. His biography is found in Nepos.—
  • C A friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 2; id. P. 2, 4, 2. —
  • D Antonius Atticus, a Latin rhetorician, Sen. Suas. 2, p. 19 Bip.—
  • E Vipsanius Atticus, Sen. Contr. 2, 13, p. 184 Bip.

Atticus, a, um (Ἀττικός), I) attisch, athenisch übh., Athenae, s. Athēnae: ager, Plaut.: regio, Attika, Plin. u. Hyg.: terra, s. 1. Attica: pubes, Trag. inc. fr.: civis, Plaut.: talentum, Varr. fr. u. Gell.: oves, Varr.: columnae, Pfeiler, Plin.: mel, vom Berge Hymettus, Plin.: u. so mella, Ov. u. Mart.: apis, Ov.: anus (Alte), Quint. u. Plin. ep.: virgo, i.e. canephoros (w. s.), Hor.: pelex, i.e. Philomela, Mart.: verba, Plaut.: fides, sprichw. = aufrichtige u. feste, Vell.: subst., Atticus, ī, m., der Attiker, Athener, Ter. Andr. 923 u. 927; kollekt., Ven. Fort. vit. S. Mart. 3, 498: Plur., Atticī, ōrum, m., die Attiker od. Athener, Cic. u.a. (s. Nipp. Nep. Thras. 3, 1). – Als Beiname: T. Pomponius Atticus (weil Pomp. lange in Athen gelebt hatte), s. Nep. Att. 2 sqq.: u. Attica, seine Tochter, Cic. ad Att. 12, 1, 1; 16, 11, 8: u. diese schmeichelnd Atticula genannt, Cic. ad Att. 6, 5, 4. – II) insbes., attisch, athenisch, in bezug auf den Ausdruck, auf Kunst u. Wissenschaft, bes. auf Beredsamkeit (vgl. Cic. or. 23), stilus, der einfache (im Ggstz. zum asiatischen, schwülstigen), Cic.: aures, feine, Cic.: u. so lepos, Mart.: logi, Plaut.: Atticarum Musarum scriptores, Varr. sat. Men. 379: subst., quid sit Atticum (der attische Ausdruck), discant, Cic.: u. Plur. Atticī, ōrum, m. (sc. oratores), attische Redner (Ggstz. Asiani), Cic. u. Quint. – ➳ Synkop. Genet. Plur. in der Verbindung tetrachmum Atticum, Liv. 37, 46, 3; 39, 7, 1 (dagegen tetrachmum Atticorum b. Liv. 37, 59, 4).

Attĭcus, (10) a, um (Ἀττικός), ¶ 1 de lʼAttique, dʼAthènes : civis Attica Ter. Andr. 221, citoyenne dʼAthènes ; terra Attica Liv. 28, 8, 11, lʼAttique ; Attica fides Vell. 2, 23, 4, foi attique (bonne foi) || noctes Atticæ, nuits Attiques, titre de lʼouvrage dʼAulu-Gelle ¶ 2 -cī, cōrum, m. , a) les Athéniens ou les Attiques : Cic. Br. 224 ; Off. 1, 104, etc.; b) les orateurs Attiques (opp. à Asiani ) : Cic. Or. 23 ; 28, etc. ¶ 3 -cus, ī, m. , Atticus [surnom de T. Pomponius, lʼami intime de Cicéron].

➳ gén. sync. tetrachmum Atticum Liv. 37, 46, 3.

atticus, a, um. adj.
亞帝國者。— sermo 文言。 Attica fides 忠心。

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Atticus adj.

• , Αττικός, Athenian, Attic.

Attĭcus, T. Pomponius

A Roman of an old and wealthy equestrian family, born B.C. 109. He received a good education in boyhood and youth, and went in the year B.C. 88 to Athens, where he lived until 65, devoting himself entirely to study, and much respected by the citizens for his generosity and cultivated refinement. In 65, he returned to Rome, to take possession of the inheritance left him by his uncle and adoptive father, Q. Caecilius. He now became Q. Caecilius Pomponianus. From this time onward he lived on terms of intimacy with men like Cicero, Hortensius, and Cornelius Nepos (who wrote a life of him which we still possess). He avoided public life and the strife of parties. This fact, in addition to his general amiability and good nature, enabled him during the Civil Wars to keep on the best of terms with the leaders of the conflicting parties—Cicero, Brutus, and Antonius. He died after a painful illness, of voluntary starvation, in the year B.C. 32.

Atticus was the author of several works, the most considerable of which was a history (Liber Annalis) dedicated to Cicero. This gave a short epitome of the bare events of Roman history down to B.C. 54, arranged according to the series of consuls and other magistrates, with contemporaneous notices. But his most important contribution to Latin literature was his edition of the letters which he had received from Cicero. He also did great service by setting his numerous slaves to work copying the writings of his contemporaries. In philosophy, he was an Epicurean. The fragments of the Liber Annalis will be found in Peter, Hist. Frag. 214.