Scantīnĭus

I. a Roman name.

a. P. Scantinius, a pontifex, Liv. 23, 21 fin.—b. C. Scantinius Capitolinus, a tribune of the people, Val. Max. 6, 1, 7.—Hence, adj.: Scantīnĭus (Scātīn-), a, um, the Lex Scantinia (Scātīnĭa) de nefandă Venere is named after one Scantinius, a tribune of the people, otherwise unknown, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; 8, 14, 4; Suet. Dom. 8; Juv. 2, 44; Tert. Monog. 12; Prud. στεφ. 10, 203.—Form Scatinia, Aus. Epigr. 89, 4.