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|lshtext=<b>Pindărus</b>: i, m., = Πίνδαρος.<br /><b>I</b> [[Pindar]], a [[celebrated]] lyric [[poet]] of [[Thebes]], [[contemporary]] [[with]] Æschylus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 61; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115; Sen. Q. N. 6, 26, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pindărĕ-us, a, um, adj., Pindaric: Pindaream chelyn referre, Mart. Cap. 2, § 119.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pin-dărĭcus, a, um, adj., Pindaric: Camenae, Hor. C. 4, 9, 6: [[fons]], id. Ep. 1, 3, 10: Pindaricos modos, Mart. 8, 18, 6; Ov. P. 4, 16, 28: os, Prop. 3, 15, 40: Pindaricum [[metrum]], consisting of a trimeter brachycatalectus (e. g. [[medium]] rapido [[mare]] [[Tibris]] adit fluvio), Serv. Centimetr. p. 1822 P.—<br /><b>II</b> Name of a [[slave]], Cic. Att. 16, 1, 5; Inscr. Murat. 619, 2.—<br /><b>III</b> The [[freedman]] [[who]] held the [[sword]] [[upon]] [[which]] [[Cassius]] [[fell]] at [[Philippi]], Val. Max. 6, 8, 4.
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