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|lshtext=<b>Atta</b>: ae, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[surname]] for persons [[who]] [[walk]] [[upon]] the tips of [[their]] shoes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll. (prob. from [[ᾄττω]] | |lshtext=<b>Atta</b>: ae, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[surname]] for persons [[who]] [[walk]] [[upon]] the tips of [[their]] shoes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll. (prob. from [[ᾄττω]] = [[ᾄσσω]], to [[spring]], to [[hop]]). So the [[comic]] [[poet]], C. [[Quintius]] [[Atta]] († 652 A.U.C.), of whose writings fragments [[yet]] [[remain]]; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 71; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 120; Both. Fragm. Poet. Scen. II. p. 97 sq.; Fest. l. l. Upon the signif. of the [[name]] Horace plays [[with]] the words: Recte [[necne]] [[crocum]] floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 79; cf. Weich. Poet. Lat. p. 345 sq.—The [[ancestor]] of the Gens [[Claudia]] [[was]] an [[Atta]], Suet. Tib. 1. | ||
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Revision as of 09:29, 13 August 2017
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Atta: ae, m.,
I a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll. (prob. from ᾄττω = ᾄσσω, to spring, to hop). So the comic poet, C. Quintius Atta († 652 A.U.C.), of whose writings fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 71; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 120; Both. Fragm. Poet. Scen. II. p. 97 sq.; Fest. l. l. Upon the signif. of the name Horace plays with the words: Recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 79; cf. Weich. Poet. Lat. p. 345 sq.—The ancestor of the Gens Claudia was an Atta, Suet. Tib. 1.
