Plautus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC) of the Old Latin period.

Pronunciation

/ˈplɔːtəs/ /ˈplaʊtəs/ /ˈplɔtəs/ /ˈplɑtəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Plautus.wav

Word forms

Plautus

Etymology

From Latin Titus Maccius Plautus, the latter two names traditionally held to be stage names, from plautus (“flat-footed, flap-eared”).

Related words

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.