The chief praenomina used by the Lutatii of the Republic were Gaius and Quintus, from which they rarely deviated; but there are also instances of Gnaeus and Marcus, which were probably given to younger children.
The surnames of the Lutatii under the Republic were Catulus, Cerco, and Pinthia, of which only the second is found on Roman coins.
Catulus, borne by the most famous family of the Lutatii, is probably derived from the same root as Cato, which originally described someone shrewd, wise, or cautious (catus). An alternative explanation would translate the surname as "puppy, whelp" or "cub".
Cerco, borne by some of the Catuli, refers to a tail.[3][4]
Denarius of Quintus Lutatius, 206–200 BC. The obverse depicts Roma; on the reverse are the Dioscuri.
This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Catuli et Cercones
Denarius of Quintus Lutatius Cerco, c.109 BC. The obverse depicts Roma (or Mars). On the reverse is a ship within an oak wreath, alluding to Gaius Lutatius Catulus's naval victory and triumph.
Gaius Lutatius, grandfather of the consuls of 242 and 241 BC.
Lutatia Q. f. Q. n., the wife of the orator Hortensius. Her daughter, Hortensia, inherited her father's rhetorical skills.[43][44][45]
Others
Marcus Lutatius Pinthia, an eques who lived in the middle part of the second century BC.[46]
Lutatius, the author of a history titled Communis Historia, sometimes attributed to Gaius Lutatius Catulus, but probably by another Lutatius, since Cicero does not mention it among Catulus' works.[47][48][49]
Lutatius Daphnis, a grammarian, originally purchased as a slave by Quintus Lutatius Catulus, but afterward manumitted.[50]
Quintus Lutatius Diodorus, became a Roman citizen under Sulla, at the behest of Quintus Lutatius Catulus. He settled at Lilybaeum, where he was victimized by Verres.[51]
Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum (The Study of Ancient Coins, 1792–1798).
August Wilhelm Ferdinand Krause, Vitae et Fragmenta Veterum Historicorum Romanorum (Lives and Fragments of Ancient Roman Historians), Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin (1833).