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“fop” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

fop
homo ineptus (absurd, empty personage): homo putidus (affected in manner): trossulus (an empty fellow, a coxcomb; Vid: Ruhnken, Sen., Ep., 76, 1): homo elegans or elegantior (very particular in his dress): bellus homunculus (a spruce young fellow, a dandy, Varr., in Gell., 13, 11, med.): homo pumicatus (litterally, one who smoothes his skin with pumice, out of vanity, a “petit maître;” Vid: Plin., Ep., 2, 11, extr.): homo vulsus (one who has his hair pulled out of his face to look smooth; Vid: Spald., Quint., 2, 5, 12, p. 265): juvenis barba et coma nitidus, de capsula totus (our,” as if taken out of a band-box, Sen., Ep., 115, 2): ☞ trossulus (Vid: above) meant anciently eques Romanus, but was used as an epithet toward the end of the republic; Vid: Ruhnken, Sen., 76: an old amorous fop, cana culex (as epithet in Plaut., Cas., 4, 3, 12): like a fop, elegantior (e.g. dress, cultus): to behave like a fop, *inepte se gerere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for fop?
The usual Latin words for “fop” are trossulus, ēlegāns, mē. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.