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|Text=[[Κροῖσος]], ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Croesus</b>: i, m., = [[Κροῖσος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[king]] of [[Lydia]], [[celebrated]] for his [[riches]], Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37; id. Fin. 2, 27, 87; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2; Just. 1, 7, 2 sqq.; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 23 al.— Appel. for a [[rich]] [[man]], in [[contrast]] [[with]] [[Irus]], Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 42; and in plur., Mart. 11, 6, 4.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Croesĭus, a, um, adj., of Crœsus: [[opes]], Mart. Cap. 6, § 578. >
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Crœsus</b>,¹² ī, m., Crésus [roi de Lydie] : Cic. Fin. 2, 87 &#124;&#124; <b>Crœsĭus</b>, a, um, de Crésus : Capel. 6, 578.||<b>Crœsĭus</b>, a, um, de Crésus : Capel. 6, 578.
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{{Georges
|georg=Croesus, ī, m. (Κροισος), der [[durch]] seinen [[Reichtum]] u. den [[Spruch]] Solons (»Niemand ist [[vor]] seinem [[Ende]] [[glücklich]] zu [[preisen]]«) bekannte [[König]] [[von]] Lydien, Iustin. 1, 7, 2 sqq. Prop. 2, 26, 23. Iuven. 10, 274; 14, 328: Croesi [[opes]] et Darii divitias se vicisse iactabat, [[Hieron]]. epist. 60, 11. – Appell., »[[ein]] Krösus« = [[ein]] reicher [[Mann]] (Ggstz. [[Irus]], w. s.), Ov. trist. 3, 7, 42; vgl. Prop. 3, 5, 17: Plur., cum [[tot]] Croesos viceris, Mart. 11, 5, 4. – Dav. [[Croesius]], a, um, krösisch, [[opes]], Mart. Cap. 6. § 578.
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{{wkpen
|wketx=[[Croesus]] (/ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs; Lydian: 𐤨𐤭𐤬𐤥𐤦𐤮𐤠𐤮 Krowiśaś; Phrygian: Akriaewais; Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, romanized: Kroisos; Latin: Croesus; reigned: c. 585 – c. 546 BC) was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. According to Herodotus, he reigned 14 years.
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