noun

Poplĭcŭla

gen. Poplĭcŭlae · gender masculine · decl. 1st

() or (the very ancient inscr. in Orell. 547 has POPLICVLA, the palimpsest of Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 53; 55, twice Publicola), , 1. populus-colo (a favorer or friend of the people)

a surname of; and of his descendants poetic •

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.

Perseus ID: n37043 Key: Poplicula