1. One of the consuls in A. D. 65 (Tac. Ann. 15.3; Fasti), and probably the same person with Q. Lecanius Bassus, a contemporary of the elder Pliny, who died from puncturing a carbuncle on his left hand. (Plin. Nat. 26.1 (4); comp. Ryckius ad Tac. Ann. 15.3.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890