Philistus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Philistus: i, m., = Φίλιστος,
I a historian in Syracuse in the reign of the tyrant Dionysius, an imitator of Thucydides, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 57; 2, 23, 94; id. Brut. 17, 66; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4; Nep. Dion. 3, 2; Quint. 10, 1, 74.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Phĭlistus,¹⁴ ī, m. (Φίλιστος), historien de Syracuse : Cic. de Or. 2, 57 ; Br. 66.

Latin > German (Georges)

Philistus, ī, m. (Φίλιστος), griech. Geschichtschreiber aus Syrakus, Zeitgenosse der beiden Dionyse, Nep. Dion. 3, 2. Cic. de or. 2, 57: Nachahmer des Thucydides, Quint. 10, 1, 74: Plur., Philisti, Männer wie Philistus, Cic. de or. 2, 94.