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Attĭca, ae, or Attĭcē, ēs, f., = Ἀττική.

  1. I. The most distinguished province of Greece, situated in Hellas proper, with Athens as capital.
    1. A. Form Attĭca, Mel. 2, 3, 7; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 30.
    2. B. Form Attĭcē, Plin. 4, 1, § 1; 4, 7, 11, § 23.
  2. II. Attĭca, the name of the daughter of T. Pompomus Atticus, Cic. Att. 12, 1; cf. Atticula.

1. Attĭcē, adv., v. Atticus, II. A. fin.

2. Attĭcē, ēs, f. adj., = Ἀττική, Attic: ochra, quae Attice nominatur, Cels. 5, 18, 19 (cf. Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 179, Ochra Attica).

3. Attĭcē, ēs, v. Attica.

† attĭcisso, āre, v. n., = ἀττικίζω, to imitate the Athenian manner of speaking: hoc argumentum graecissat, tamen non atticissat, verum sicilicissitat, Plaut. Men. prol. 12; App. Flor. n. 18, p. 362, 12.

Attĭcŭla, ae, f., daughter of Atticus, Cic. Att. 6, 5; v. Attica, II.

† Attĭcurges, is, adj., = Ἀττικουργής, made in the Attic manner: columna, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 6.

Attĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀττικός.

  1. I. In gen., of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian: Athenae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 2; id. Rud. 3, 4, 36 al.: civis Attica atque libera, id. Poen. 1, 2, 159: civis Attica, Ter. And. 1, 3, 16: disciplina, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 24: 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.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. 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.
      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.
    2. 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.
    3. C. A friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 2; id. P. 2, 4, 2.
    4. D. Antonius Atticus, a Latin rhetorician, Sen. Suas. 2, p. 19 Bip.
    5. E. Vipsanius Atticus, Sen. Contr. 2, 13, p. 184 Bip.