Lewis & Short

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1. plăcentĭa, ae, f. [placeo], suavity, courteousness (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 15, 33.

2. Plăcentĭa, ae, f.,

  1. I. a city in Gallia Cispadana, on the Po, the modern Piacenza, Liv. 21, 25; 56 sq.; 27, 39; 31, 10 al.; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5; Tac. H. 2, 17; Sil. 8, 593.
    Hence,
  2. II. Plăcentī-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Placentia, Placentian, Placentine: municipium, Cic. Pis. 23, 53: calices, id. ib. 27, 67: turma, Liv. 44, 40: Tinca, from Placentia, Cic. Brut. 46, 172.
    In plur. subst.: Plă-centīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Placentia, the Placentines, Liv. 27, 10; 31, 21 al.
    1. B. In a burlesque double sense: Placentini milites, Placentine soldiers and placenta (cake) soldiers, i. e. pastry-cooks, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 59.