(adjective) : Pācŭvĭus (Pācŭus), i, m.
* The name of a Roman gens. So esp. Pacuvius, a celebrated Roman poet, a native of Brundisium, nephew of Ennius, and contemporary of P. Scipio Africanus, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 1, 1; id. Brut. 64, 229; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4; id. Or. 11, 36; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 56; Quint. 10, 1, 97. He is also said to have distinguished himself as a painter, Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 19.—Sync. form: Pacui discipulus dicor, porro is fuit Enni, Enniu' musarum, Varr. ap. Non. 88, 4; Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 19 Jan.—Hence
* Pā-cŭvĭānus, a, um, , Pacuvian: physicus,Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131: testudo,described by Pacuvius,Tert. Pall. 3: ex quibus est Pacuvianum illud: nam si qui, etc.,that Pacuvian verse,Gell. 14, 1, 34.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Pacuvius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0046 | PIR ID10023
• Pacuvius Aemilianus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0047 | PIR ID10024
• Pacuvius Antistius Labeo (Masc, senator), ref: RE 1,2 (1894) 2557 | PIR ID10025
• Pacuvius Hister (Masc), ref: PIR P 0048 | PIR ID10026
• M. Pacuvius Optatus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0049 | PIR ID10027
• Sex. Pacuvius Restitutus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0050 | PIR ID10028
• Sex. Pacuvius Taurus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0051 | PIR ID10029