Democritus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Dēmō&#774;crĭtus</b>: i, m., [[Δημόκριτος]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[celebrated]] [[philosopher]] [[born]] at [[Abdera]], an [[adherent]] of the Eleatic [[school]], and the [[originator]] of the atomic [[theory]], Lucr. 3, 372; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11; id. Fin. 1, 6; id. Ac. 2, 17 sq.; id. Fat. 10 et saep.; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 12; id. A. P. 297; Juv. 10, 34 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dēmŏcrĭtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Democritus]]: philosophi, his followers, Cic. Tusc. 1, 34 (in Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42: Democritii, see the foll.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dē-mŏcrĭtēus or -īus, a, um, adj., Δημοκρίτειος, the [[same]]: [[Anaxarchus]], Cic. N. D. 3, 33; id. Tusc. 2, 22: [[Nausiphanes]], id. N. D. 1, 26.—Dēmŏcrĭtīi, ōrum, m., his followers, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Subst.: Dēmŏcrĭtēa, ōrum, n., the doctrines of [[Democritus]], Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 73; id. Div. 2, 13 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Of [[Sicyon]], [[friend]] of [[Cicero]], Cic. Fam. 13, 78.