Proper name

• PLAU′TIUS, NO′VIUS, a Roman artist, in the department of ornamental metal-work (caelatura). lie was the maker of one of the most admired of those cylindrical bronze caskets {cistae viysticae)^ which are found in tombs in Italy, containing pa- terae, mirrors, and utensils of the bath, such as strigils. The greatest number of such caskets have been found at Praeneste, where some of them seem to have been laid up in the temple of Fortune, as votive offerings from women. The one which bears the name of Plautius is beautifully engraved with subjects from the Argonautic expedition ; a hunt is engraved round the lid, which is surmounted by three figures in bronze ; and on the lid is the fol lowing inscription : on the one side, dindia . ma- COLINA . FILKA . DEDIT, — on the Other, NOVIOS . I'LAUTios. MED . (me) ROMAi . FECiD. From the style of the workmanship and of the inscription, the date of the artist is supposed to be about A. u. 500, B. c. 254. (Winckelmann, Gesch. d. Kunst^ b. viii. c. 4. § 7 ; Mliller, Arch. d. Kunst, § 173, n. 4.) (Wikisource | public domain)
• PLAU′TIUS QUINTILLUS. [Quintillus.] (Wikisource | public domain)
• PLAU′TIUS RUFUS. [Rufus.] (Wikisource | public domain)

(adj.adj.) : Plautĭus (Plōt-), i, m.
* Name of a Roman gens.
* M. Plautius Hypsaeus, a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166.
* M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79.
* Plautĭus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius (Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79: ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est,Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35: Plautia rogatio,Gell. 13, 3, 5: Plotia rogatio,Suet. Caes. 5.
* Plautĭānus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian: fabulae,of the comic poet Plautius,Gell. 3, 3: de bonis Plotianis,belonging to a certain Plotius,Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• L. Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0205 | PIR ID799
• L. Caelius Plautius Catullinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 0139 | PIR ID3241
• Q. Hedius Lollianus Plautius Avitus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR H 0036 | PIR ID6799
• M. Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0474 | PIR ID10229
• A. Plautius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0455 | PIR ID10487
• A. Plautius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0457 | PIR ID10488
• A. Plautius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0458 | PIR ID10489
• Q. Plautius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0459 | PIR ID10490
• Plautius (Masc), ref: PIR P 0454 | PIR ID10491
• A. Plautius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0456 | PIR ID10492
• .. Plautius L. F. Aelius Lamia Silvanus Aelianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 0206 (= P1 0347) | PIR ID10493
• Plautius Caesianus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0461 | PIR ID10494
• Plautius Crispus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0462 | PIR ID10495
• Ti. Plautius Felix Ferruntianus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0463 | PIR ID10496
• D. Plautius Felix Iulianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0464 | PIR ID10497
• Q. Plautius Haterianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0465 | PIR ID10498
• L. Plautius Italus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0467 | PIR ID10499
• Plautius Lateranus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0468 | PIR ID10500
• Ti. Plautius Lupus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0469 | PIR ID10501
• L. Plautius Octavianus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0470 | PIR ID10502
• Ti. Plautius Primus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0471 | PIR ID10503
• P. Plautius Pulcher (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0472 | PIR ID10504
• Plautius Quintillus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0473 | PIR ID10505
• Plautius Quintillus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR Q 0037 | PIR ID10506
• C. Plautius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0476 | PIR ID10507
• Plautius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0475 | PIR ID10508
• . Plautius Scaeva Vibianus (Masc), ref: BJ 161, 1961, 469 - 470 | PIR ID10509
• M. Plautius Silvanus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0477 | PIR ID10510
• M. Plautius Silvanus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0478 | PIR ID10511
• M. Plautius Silvanus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0479 | PIR ID10512
• Ti. Plautius Silvanus Aelianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0480 | PIR ID10513
• A. Plautius Urgulanus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0481 | PIR ID10514
• Q. Plautius Venustus (Masc), ref: IGR 4, 756 | PIR ID10515
• L. Silius Plautius Amicus Haterianus Gavilianus Proximus (Masc), ref: IRT 635 | PIR ID12493
• L. Silius Plautius Haterianus Blaesilianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0466 | PIR ID12494
• L. Titius Plautius Aquilinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0460 | PIR ID13209