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Atticus
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English
Etymology
From en la Atticus the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen, from en grc Ἀττῐκός. en Attic.
Proper noun
en male Latin.
en 1960 w:Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Random House 2014 9781473517714 ... yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the twentieth century, when my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law, and his younger brother went to Boston to study medicine.
26 December 2002 Montgomery Birth Announcements https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/12/26/montgomery-birth-announcements/0a9cb73b-d2e2-4530-9760-c07d964912bb/ A son, Atticus Noble Stewart, was born to Tracey Williams and Joseph Stewart of Silver Spring.
en 21 August 2019 [Obituaries] Lila M. Smith w:Globe Gazette 160 200 Mason City, Ia. A4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/596077802/ 5 8750-9970 12027093 She will be dearly missed by her great-great-grandchildren Lunabella, Atticus and Loki,
Translations
male given name
Catalan: ca Àtic m
Italian: it Attico m
Portuguese: pt Ático m
Spanish: es Ático m
Anagrams
en acisttu TACITUS Tacitus catsuit
Latin
Etymology
From la grc Ἀττῐκός, from some la qsb-grc - demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + grc -ικός -ic: forming adjectives. Equivalent to a clipped la Attica icus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Atticus Atticē
en la in general of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian
en la appellative designating the highest grade of style, philosophy, eloquence, etc.
en la transferred sense excellent, preeminent, preferable
Declension
Atticus
Derived terms
la Atticī m-p
Descendants
en Attic
Proper noun
m Atticus<2.sg> Attica
en a male cognomen
la T. Pomponius Atticus en (110–32 ), close friend of and famed correspondent with la M. Tullius Cicero
en a friend of la P. Ovidius Naso
la Antonius Atticus en ( 1st century), Latin rhetorician
la Vipsanius Atticus en ( 1st or 2nd century), buried at Catina in Sicilia
Declension
Atticus<2.sg>
Derived terms
la Attica
Descendants
en Atticus 1
Further reading
Attĭcus
Attĭcus 183 3
la cognomina