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Plautus.

Plautus, a famous Roman comic playwright

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈpɫau̯.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈplaːu̯.tus]
  1. Plautus, a famous Roman comic playwright

    declension-2 · masculine · singular
    Postquam est mortem aptus Plautus, Comoedia luget...
  2. a cognomen used by the gentes Bellia, Rubellia, Sergia, and others

    declension-2 · masculine · singular
    Gaius Rubellius Plautus
Where this word comes from

From 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 plōtus and sometimes self-styled as a stage name.

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