Definition of Atticus

1. Noun. Atlas moth.

Exact synonyms: Genus Atticus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Saturniidae, Saturniidae
Member holonyms: Atlas Moth, Atticus Atlas

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atticus

Attalea
Attalea funifera
Attashin
Atterton
Attic
Attic faith
Attic salt
Attica
Attical
Atticism
Atticisms
Atticize
Atticized
Atticizes
Atticizing
Atticus
Atticus Finch
Atticus Finches
Atticus atlas
Attila
Attila the Hun
Attlee
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States
Attri
Atty
Atwood
Atwoodian
Atzera
Au

Literary usage of Atticus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"According to the rigour of law, the emperor might liave asserted his claim; and the prudent atticus prevented, by • a frank confession, ..."

2. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"of Cato and of atticus (being an extract from his work de historicis latinis), are often valuable for their lucidity of arrangement, unpretentious tone, ..."

3. The Slave Systems of Greek and Roman Antiquity by William Linn Westermann (1984)
"1 The familia of T. Pomponius atticus included slaves trained in literature, excellent readers and many copyists.102 The two ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates, Surnamed Scholasticus, Or the by Socrates, Henri de Valois, Edward Walford (1853)
"atticus, perceiving the advantage of this movement to the Church, consoled Theodosius as well as he could; recommending him to embrace with a contented mind ..."

5. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1893)
"ON SOME MANUSCRIPTS OF CICERO'S LETTERS TO atticus. IN a valuable work on the criticism of Cicero's Letters to atticus,1 published at the close ..."

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