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|lshtext=<b>Cōdrus</b>: i, m., = [[Κόδρος]].<br /><b>I</b> The [[last]] Athenian [[king]], [[who]] [[voluntarily]] [[devoted]] [[himself]] to [[death]] in [[order]] to [[obtain]] for his [[people]] [[victory]] [[over]] the Spartans, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62; id. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Hor. C. 3, 19, 2; Just. 2, 6, 19; Vell. 1, 2; Val. Max. 5, 6, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[wretched]] [[poet]], [[hostile]] to Virgil, Verg. E. 5, 11; 7, 22; Juv. 1, 2; 3, 203; 3, 208; cf. Weich. Poett. Latt. Rell. p. 402 sq.
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|gf=<b>Codrus</b>,¹⁴ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> roi d’Athènes : Hor. O. 3, 19, 2<br /><b>2</b> nom d’un berger : Virg. B. 5, 11<br /><b>3</b> nom d’un poète : Juv. 3, 203.
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