Atellan

English

Etymology

From Latin Atellanus, from Atella (“an ancient town of the Osci, in Campania”).

Adjective

Atellan (comparative more Atellan, superlative most Atellan)

1. Of or pertaining to Atella in ancient Italy.

Noun

Atellan (plural Atellans)

1. A kind of farcical drama performed at Atella.
2. Someone from Atella

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Atellan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)