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Latin
Etymology
From Cicerō + Ancient Greek μάστῑξ (mástīx, “scourge”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ciceromastīx m sg (genitive Ciceromastīgis); third declension
- name of a lampoon against Cicero, written by Gallus Asinius and Larcius Licinus.
c. 177 CE,
Aulus Gellius,
Noctes Atticae 17.1:
- Vt quidam fuerunt monstra hominum, quod de dis inmortalibus impias falsasque opiniones prodiderunt, ita nonnulli tam prodigiosi tamque vecordes exstiterunt, in quibus sunt Gallus Asinius et Larcius Licinus, cuius liber etiam fertur infando titulo Ciceromastix,
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Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
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