noun

Stātĭus

gen. Stātii · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

a name for slaves; A slave of Cicero; a prœnomen of freemen

Orig., a name for slaves, acc. to Gell. 4, 20, 12.—A slave of Cicero was thus named, Cic. Fam. 16, 16, 2; id. Att. 6, 2, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 1.—Also a prœnomen of freemen, e. g. Statius Albius Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 4, 9.—

A surname

A surname (cognomen or agnomen).

of Insubria; a comic poet; a younger contemporary of Ennius

Caecilius Statius, of Insubria, a comic poet, a younger contemporary of Ennius, who died A. U. C. 586, Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; Vell. 1, 17, 1.—

a poet under Domitian; author of the; of the

P. Papinius Statius, a poet under Domitian, author of the Silvae, of the Thebais, and of an unfinished poem entitled Achilleis, Juv. 7, 82 sqq.—

a lieutenant and proconsul

L. Statius Murcus, a lieutenant and proconsul, Caes. B. C. 3, 15; Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30; Vell. 2, 69, 2; 2, 77, 4.

Perseus ID: n45278 Key: Statius