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Hērāclītus , i, m., = Ἡράκλειτος.
I. A celebrated Greek philosopher of Ephesus, who wrote in an obscure style (hence called ὁ σκοτεινός, the Obscure), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15; id. N. D. 3, 14, 35; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; Lucr. 1, 639: “nec consulto dicis occulte tamquam Heraclitus,” Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74.—
B. Deriv.: Hēraclītĕi , ōrum, m., the disciples of Heraclitus, App. Doctr. Plat. 1, p. 2, 41.—
II. A pupil of Clitomachus and Philo, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 12.—
III. An ambassador sent by king Philip to Hannibal, with the surname Scotinus, Liv. 23, 39.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.639
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 39
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.5
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.26
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.14
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.64
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.36
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