Plautus

plautus pļautus English Etymology From en la Titus la Maccius la Plautus, the latter two names traditionally held to be stage names, from la plautus flat-footed, flap-eared. Pronunciation en /ˈplɔːtəs/ /ˈplaʊtəs/ UK en /ˈplɔtəs/ /ˈplɑtəs/ /ˈplaʊtəs/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Plautus.wav US Proper noun A Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC) of the Old Latin period. Derived terms en Plautian Related terms en Plautine Translations Roman comic playwright Catalan: ca Plaute m French: fr Plaute m Hungarian: hu Plautus Italian: it Plauto m Romanian: ro Plaut m Spanish: es Plauto m en Individuals Ancient Rome Comedy Drama Latin Alternative forms la Plōtus Etymology From la plautus flat-footed; flap-eared. In the case of the comic playwright Titus Maccius Plautus, sometimes said to be a personal agnomen from Umbrian dialect la plōtus and sometimes self-styled as a stage name. Pronunciation Plautus Proper noun Plautus<2> Plautus, a famous Roman comic playwright la Postquam est mortem aptus Plautus, Comoedia luget... Since deft Plautus is dead, Comedy grieves... a cognomen used by the la gens gentes gens Bellia Bellia, gens Rubellia Rubellia, gens Sergia Sergia, and others la Rubellius Plautus Gaius Rubellius Plautus   Declension Plautus<2> Descendants en Plautus 1 it Plauto References George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 110. la cognomina la Ancient Rome Individuals Drama Comedy