LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Ēlĭcĭus

Meaning

  1. a surname of Jupiter

Ēlĭcĭus, ii, m. elicio, I. B.,
I. a surname of Jupiter, because from him celestial signs or omens were obtained (or, acc. to others, because he was called down by incantations), Liv. 1, 20 fin.; Ov. F. 3, 328; Varr. L. L. 6, § 94 Müll.; Liv. 1, 31, 8; Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyEliciusElicius. a surname of Jupiter at Rome, where king Numa dedicated to Jupiter Elicius an altar on the Aventine. (Liv. 1.20.) The same king was said to h…

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What does Ēlĭcĭus mean in Latin?
Ēlĭcĭus, a proper noun, means “a surname of Jupiter”.