Cornĭfĭcĭus

I. the name of a Roman plebeian gens; so,

I. Q. Cornificius, friend of Cicero and author of rhet. and gram. works, Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 21 al.; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3 al.—

II. A Latin poet, Cat. 38, 1; Ov. Tr. 2, 436; Macr. S. 6, 5; cf. Don. Vit. Verg. 67.