Pherecydes
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Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phĕrĕcȳdes: is, m., = Φερεκύδης.
I A celebrated philosopher from Syros, an instructor of Pythagoras, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; id. Div. 1, 50, 112; reputed to be the inventor of prose, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205.—Hence,
B Phĕrĕcȳdēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pherecydes, Pherecydean: Pherecydeum illud, that saying of Pherecydes, Cic. Div. 2, 13, 31.—
II An Athenian chronicler, about 480 B.C., Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 53.
