Poplicula

Poplicula
Poplĭcŭla ( Poplĭcŏla ) or Publĭ-cŏla (the very ancient inscr. in Orell. 547 has POPLICVLA, the palimpsest of Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 53; 55, twice Publicola), ae, m. [1. populus-colo] (a favorer or friend of the people), a surname of P. Valerius, and of his descendants, Inscr. Orell. 547:

inde cognomen factum Publicolae est,

 Liv. 2, 8:

Poplicola, ingentis Volesi Spartana propago,

 Sil. 2, 8; Inscr. Grut. 480, 5:

Poplicola atque Corvinus,

 Hor. S. 1, 10, 28.— Poet., in plur., as an appellative, Sid. Carm. 23, 80.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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