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Plautĭus (Plōt-), i, m., name of a Roman gens.
- 1. M. Plautius Hypsaeus, a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166.
- 2. M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79.
- 3. L. Plotius Gallus, a rhetorician in the time of Marius, Suet. Rhet. 2.
- 4. L. Plotius, a poet who celebrated the Mithridatic war, Cic. Arch. 9, 20.
Hence,
- A. Plautĭus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius (Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79: ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est, Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35: Plautia rogatio, Gell. 13, 3, 5: Plotia rogatio, Suet. Caes. 5.
- B. Plautĭānus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian: fabulae, of the comic poet Plautius, Gell. 3, 3: de bonis Plotianis, belonging to a certain Plotius, Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2.
1. plautus (plōt-), a, um, adj.
- I. Flat, broad: plauti appellantur canes, quorum aures languidae sunt ac flaccidae et latius videntur patere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.: conchae plautiores, Tert. Pall. 3.
- II. Among the Umbrians, flat-footed: (plotos appellant) Umbri pedibus planis (natos . . . unde et Maccius) poëta, quia Umber Sarsinas erat, a pedum planitie initio Plotus, postea Plautus coeptus est dici, Fest. p. 238 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 ib.
Plōtae, ārum, f., an ancient name of the Strophades, Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 55.
Plōtīnus, i, m., = Πλωτῖνος, a famous philosopher of the Eclectic school, who flourished in the third century A. D., Amm. 21, 14, 5.