Ciceromastix

Latin

Etymology

From Cicerō + Ancient Greek μάστῑξ (mástīx, “scourge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ki.ke.roˈmas.tiːks/, [kɪkɛrɔˈmäs̠t̪iːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃe.roˈmas.tiks/, [t͡ʃit͡ʃeroˈmäst̪iks]

Proper noun

Ciceromastīx m sg (genitive Ciceromastīgis); third declension

1. 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, […]

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ciceromastīx
Genitive	Ciceromastīgis
Dative	Ciceromastīgī
Accusative	Ciceromastīgem Ciceromastīga
Ablative	Ciceromastīge
Vocative	Ciceromastīx

References

• “Cĭcĕrŏmastix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cĭcĕrŏmastīx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.