Metrodorus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mētrŏdōrus: i, m., = Μητρόδωρος.
I Metrodorus Lampsacenus or Atheniensis, an Epicurean, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8; 2, 6, 17; 5, 9, 27.—
II M. Scepsius (from Scepsis, a city of Mysia), a rhetorical and Academic philosopher, famous for his memory, Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 360; 3, 20, 75; Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34.—
III M. Stratonicēus (from Stratonice, a city of Caria), a pupil of Carneades, and an excellent orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16.—
Metrodorus Chius, a pupil of Democritus and teacher of Anaxarchus and of the fourth Hippocrates (about B. C. 330), Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73.—
A freedman of Cicero, Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; id. Fam. 16, 20, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Mētrŏdōrus,¹² ī, m. (Μητρόδωρος), Métrodore [disciple d’Épicure] : Cic. Tusc. 2, 8 ; Sen. Ep. 79, 13 ; Tac. D. 31, 7 || philosophe de Scepsis, disciple de Carnéade : Cic. Ac. 2, 16 ; de Or. 1, 45 || disciple de Démocrite : Cic. Ac. 2, 73.

Latin > German (Georges)

Mētrodōrus, ī, m. (Μητρόδωρος), I) ein geborener Athener, aber gew. Lampsacenus gen., einer der ausgezeichnetsten Schüler Epikurs († 277 v. Chr.), Cic. de fin. 2, 92; Tusc. 2, 8. Sen. ep. 79, 13. Tac. dial. 31, 7. – II) ein Rhetor u. Philosoph aus Skepsis in Mysien (dah. Metrodorus Scepsius gen.), Schüler des Karneades, bes. berühmt durch sein gutes Gedächtnis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 59; de or. 2, 360. Quint. 10, 6, 4; 11, 2, 26.