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Xĕnŏphon , ontis, m., = Ξενοφῶν,
I.a celebratea Greek historian and philosopher, born B. C. 445, a pupil of Socrates and a leader of the Greeks in the army of Cyrus the younger, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 52; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 99; id. Sen. 9, 30; id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8.—Hence, Xĕnŏphontēus or -īus , a, um, adj., = Ξενοφόντειος, of or belonging to Xenophon, Xenophontian: “genus sermonis,” Cic. Brut. 35, 132: “Hercules,” i. e. mentioned in his writings, id. Fam. 5, 12, 3.
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 (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.12.3
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.22
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 9
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.25
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.34
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