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|lshtext=<b>Attălus</b>: i, m., = Ἄτταλος.<br /> The [[name]] of [[several]] kings of Pergamos, the [[most]] [[renowned]] of whom, [[both]] from his [[wealth]] and his [[discovery]] of the [[art]] of [[weaving]] [[cloth]] from [[gold]], [[was]] [[Attalus]] III., [[who]] made the Roman [[people]] his [[heir]], Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196; 33, 11, 53, § 148; Flor. 2, 20, 2; 3, 12, 3; Hor. C. 2, 18, 5.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Attălĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to [[Attalus]], Attalian: urbes, i. e. Pergamean, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5: Attalicas [[supera]] vestes, [[woven]] [[with]] [[gold]], Prop. 4, 17, 19: Porticus aulaeis [[nobilis]] Attalicis, id. 3, 30, 12; Sil. 14, 659.—Also absol.: Attălĭca, ōrum, n. (sc. vestimenta), garments of inwoven [[gold]]: Aurum intexere in eādem Asiā invenit [[Attalus]] rex, [[unde]] [[nomen]] Attalicis, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196: [[torus]], ornamented [[with]] [[such]] [[cloth]] or [[tapestry]], Prop. 3, 5, 6; 5, 5, 24.—[[Meton]]., [[rich]], [[splendid]], [[brilliant]]: Attalicis condicionibus Numquam dimoveas, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 12: [[divitiae]], Tert. Jejun. 15 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[general]] of [[Alexander the Great]], Curt. 4, 13. —<br /><b>III</b> A Macedonian, [[enemy]] of [[Alexander]], Curt. 6, 9.