3. Lurco, ōnis, m.,
- I. 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, App. M. 8, p. 213, 6.
Hence,
- II. Lurcōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lurco, Lurconian: Apiciana et Lurconiana condimenta, Tert. Anim. 33.