Praxiteles

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Praxĭtĕles: is, m., = Πραξιτέλης,
I a celebrated Greek sculptor, Prop. 3, 7, 15 (4, 8, 16); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69; 36, 5, 4, § 21.—Hence, Praxĭtĕlīus, a, um, adj., = Πραξιτέλειος, of or belonging to Praxiteles, Praxitelian: capita, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: Venus, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 22.