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Atticus

Pronunciation: [ˈat.tɪ.kʊs]

“Atticus” is a Latin word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian
  2. designating the highest grade of style, philosophy, eloquence, etc.
  3. excellent, preeminent, preferable

proper noun

  1. T. Pomponius Atticus (110–32 B.C.E.), close friend of and famed correspondent with M. Tullius Cicero
  2. a friend of P. Ovidius Naso
  3. Antonius Atticus (C.E. 1st century), Latin rhetorician
  4. Vipsanius Atticus (C.E. 1st or 2nd century), buried at Catina in Sicilia

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.

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