Vatīnius, i, m., the name of a Roman gens, Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254.

—So esp., P. Vatinius, a Roman vehemently denounced by Cicero, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1 sqq.

—Hence, Va-tīniānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vatinius, whose name became a proverb of disrepute: Vatiniana crimina, Cat. 53, 2: Vatinianum odium, id. 14, 3; cf. Sen. Const. 17, 3.

— A shoemaker and maker of fournozzled drinking-cups, Mart. 14, 96, 1.

— Transf., plur., drinking-cups made by Vatinius, Mart. 10, 3, 4.