Lurco
Lurco, ōnis, m.,
- a Roman surname. Esp., M. Aufidius, who was the first to fatten peacocks for the table, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; Plin. 10, 20, 23, § 45.—So of M. Perpenna Lurco, Inscr. Grut. 237, 8.—
- B Transf., a voluptuary, debauchee, Ap. Met. 8, 25, 9.—Hence,
- II Lurcōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lurco, Lurconian: Apiciana et Lurconiana condimenta, Tert. Anim. 33.
3 Lurcō, (13) ōnis, m. , surnom romain : Varro R. 3, 6, 1 ; Plin. 10, 45.
Lurco , M. Aufidius
The maternal grandfather of Livia, wife of Augustus Caesar. He was tribune of the plebs in B.C. 61, and is also remembered for having been the first person at Rome who dealt in peacocks on a large scale, fattening them for food.