Lurco
Lurco, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. Esp., M. Aufidius, who was the first to fatten peacocks for the table, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; Plin. 10, 20, 23, § 45.—So of M. Perpenna Lurco, Inscr. Grut. 237, 8.— Transf., a voluptuary, debauchee, App. M. 8, p. 213, 6.—Hence, Lurcōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lurco, Lurconian: Apiciana et Lurconiana condimenta, Tert. Anim. 33.
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Intro Text:
Lurco, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. Esp., M. Aufidius, who was the first to fatten peacocks for the table, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; Plin. 10, 20, 23, § 45.—So of M. Perpenna Lurco, Inscr. Grut. 237, 8.— Transf., a voluptuary, debauchee, App. M. 8, p. 213, 6.—Hence, Lurcōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lurco, Lurconian: Apiciana et Lurconiana condimenta, Tert. Anim. 33.
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