a lengthened form of Paetus [PAETUS], like Albinus of Albus, was a family name of the Fulvia Gens. It superseded the family name of Curvus, of which it was originally an agnomen, and was superseded in its turn by the name of Nobilior.
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