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Atticus

Atticus proper noun: a male given name from Latin.

Proper noun

Atticus

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    • ... yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the twentieth century, when my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law, and his younger brother went to Boston to study medicine.1960, Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, Random House, published 2014, →ISBN
    • A son, Atticus Noble Stewart, was born to Tracey Williams and Joseph Stewart of Silver Spring.2002 December 26, “Montgomery Birth Announcements”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin of Atticus

From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós). Doublet of Attic.

Phrases with Atticus

Questions about Atticus

What does Atticus mean?
Atticus means a male given name from Latin.
What part of speech is Atticus?
Atticus is a proper noun.

Words near Atticus in the dictionary

  1. atticoantrotomy
  2. atticotomies
  3. atticotomy
  4. attics
  5. atticsful
  6. Atticus
  7. Atticus Finch
  8. Atticus Finches
  9. attid
  10. attids
  11. attiguous

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