Pansa(78 words)
[German version]
Roman cognomen; according to ancient tradition a reference to a ‘flatfoot’ (Plaut. Merc. 640; Plin. HN 11,254; Quint. Inst. 1,4,25); very common in the Imperial period. Its most famous bearer was C. Vibius Pansa (cos. in 43 BC); the addressee of Cato's [1] speech In Pansam is not known (ORF I4, fr. 205).
Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum)
Bibliography
Degrassi, FCIR, 261
Degrassi, FCap 147
Kajanto, Cognomina, 105; 241
H. Rix, Das etruskische Cognomen, 1963, 249f.
Schulze, 242; 365.
Cite this page
Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum),
“Pansa”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e906200>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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