Atticus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Attĭcus: a, um, adj., = Ἀττικός.
I In gen., of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian: Athenae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 2; id. Rud. 3, 4, 36 al.: civis Attica atque libera, id. Poen. 1, 2, 159: civis Attica, Ter. And. 1, 3, 16: disciplina, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 24: fines, Hor. C. 1, 3, 6: regio, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33: thymum, id. 21, 10, 31, § 57: mel, of Mount Hymettus, id. ib.: apis, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 87: columnae, formed in the Attic manner, id. 36, 23, 56, § 179 (cf. atticurges): ochra, id. 37, 10, 66, § 179 (cf. 2. Attice): paelex, i. e. Philomela, Mart. 10, 51; cf. Ov. M. 6, 537: fides, i. e. sincere, firm, prov., Vell. 2, 23, 4: profluvius, a disease of animals, the glanders, Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 17 and 38.—Attĭci, ōrum, m., the Athenians, Phaedr. 1, 2, 6.—
II Esp.
   A Appel., to designate the highest grade of style, philosophy, eloquence, etc., Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 7 sqq.; cf. id. Brut. 82, 284 sqq.: Demosthenes, quo ne Athenas quidem ipsas magis credo fuisse Atticas, id. Or. 7, 23: lepos, Mart. 3, 20.—Hence, subst.: Attici, orators of the Attic stamp (opp. Asiani): et antiqua quidem illa divisio inter Atticos atque Asianos fuit: cum hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes haberentur; in his nihil superflueret, illis judicium maxime ac modus deesset, etc., Quint. 12, 10, 16 sq.—And transf. to other things, excellent, preeminent, preferable: logi, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 66.—Hence, Attĭcē, adv., in the Attic or Athenian manner: dicere, Cic. Brut. 84; 290; id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; 4, 11; Quint. 12, 10, 18: loqui, id. 8, 1, 2: pressi oratores, id. 12, 10, 18.—
   B A surname of T. Pomponius, the intimate friend of Cicero, given to him on account of his long residence at Athens. His biography is found in Nepos.—
   C A friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 2; id. P. 2, 4, 2. —
   D Antonius Atticus, a Latin rhetorician, Sen. Suas. 2, p. 19 Bip.—
   E Vipsanius Atticus, Sen. Contr. 2, 13, p. 184 Bip.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Attĭcus,¹⁰ a, um (Ἀττικός),
1 de l’Attique, d’Athènes : civis Attica Ter. Andr. 221, citoyenne d’Athènes ; terra Attica Liv. 28, 8, 11, l’Attique ; Attica fides Vell. 2, 23, 4, foi attique (bonne foi) || noctes Atticæ, nuits Attiques, titre de l’ouvrage d’Aulu-Gelle
2 -cī, cōrum, m., a) les Athéniens ou les Attiques : Cic. Br. 224 ; Off. 1, 104, etc.; b) les orateurs Attiques (opp. à Asiani ) : Cic. Or. 23 ; 28, etc.
3 -cus, ī, m., Atticus [surnom de T. Pomponius, l’ami intime de Cicéron].
     gén. sync. tetrachmum Atticum Liv. 37, 46, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

Atticus, a, um (Ἀττικός), I) attisch, athenisch übh., Athenae, s. Athēnae: ager, Plaut.: regio, Attika, Plin. u. Hyg.: terra, s. 1. Attica: pubes, Trag. inc. fr.: civis, Plaut.: talentum, Varr. fr. u. Gell.: oves, Varr.: columnae, Pfeiler, Plin.: mel, vom Berge Hymettus, Plin.: u. so mella, Ov. u. Mart.: apis, Ov.: anus (Alte), Quint. u. Plin. ep.: virgo, i.e. canephoros (w. s.), Hor.: pelex, i.e. Philomela, Mart.: verba, Plaut.: fides, sprichw. = aufrichtige u. feste, Vell.: subst., Atticus, ī, m., der Attiker, Athener, Ter. Andr. 923 u. 927; kollekt., Ven. Fort. vit. s. Mart. 3, 498: Plur., Atticī, ōrum, m., die Attiker od. Athener, Cic. u.a. (s. Nipp. Nep. Thras. 3, 1). – Als Beiname: T. Pomponius Atticus (weil Pomp. lange in Athen gelebt hatte), s. Nep. Att. 2 sqq.: u. Attica, seine Tochter, Cic. ad Att. 12, 1, 1; 16, 11, 8: u. diese schmeichelnd Atticula genannt, Cic. ad Att. 6, 5, 4. – II) insbes., attisch, athenisch, in bezug auf den Ausdruck, auf Kunst u. Wissenschaft, bes. auf Beredsamkeit (vgl. Cic. or. 23), stilus, der einfache (im Ggstz. zum asiatischen, schwülstigen), Cic.: aures, feine, Cic.: u. so lepos, Mart.: logi, Plaut.: Atticarum Musarum scriptores, Varr. sat. Men. 379: subst., quid sit Atticum (der attische Ausdruck), discant, Cic.: u. Plur. Atticī, ōrum, m. (sc. oratores), attische Redner (Ggstz. Asiani), Cic. u. Quint. – / Synkop. Genet. Plur. in der Verbindung tetrachmum Atticum, Liv. 37, 46, 3; 39, 7, 1 (dagegen tetrachmum Atticorum b. Liv. 37, 59, 4).

Latin > English

Atticus Attica, Atticum ADJ :: Attic, Athenian; classic, elegant

Wikipedia EN

Atticus (fl. c. 175 AD) was an ancient philosopher. All that is known of him comes from the fragments of his book preserved in Eusebius' Preparatio Evangelica. Atticus was vehemently anti-Peripatetic. His work was a polemic, possibly originating from the first holder of the Platonic philosophy chair at Athens under Marcus Aurelius.

It is not clear whether the polemic had a philosophical or a political motivation. Atticus insisted that Aristotle was an atheist, that he denied the existence of the soul, and that he rejected divine providence.

Atticus' position represents a version of Platonism according to which deviation from the literal word of the master means irredeemable heretical opposition. This version turns up occasionally in contemporary scholarship, as much in the writings of Aristotle's defenders as in those of Plato's defenders.