Critolaus
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Crĭtŏlāus: i, m.
I A peripatetic philosopher, who was sent with Carneades and the Stoic Diogenes as an ambassador to Rome, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45; 2, 37, 155; id. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; id. Fin. 5, 5, 14; Gell. 6 (7), 14, 9; 17, 21, 48; Tert. Anim. 5.—
II A leader of the Achaians, in a war with the Romans, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91; Flor. 2, 16, 2.—
III A Sicilian at Henna, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Crĭtŏlāus,¹⁶ ī, m., philosophe péripatéticien : Cic. Fin. 5, 14 || général Achéen : Cic. Nat. 3, 91.
Latin > German (Georges)
Critolāus, ī, m. (Κριτόλαος), I) ein peripatet. Philosoph, zugleich mit dem Akademiker Karneades u. dem Stoiker Diogenes im J. 155 v. Chr. von den Athenern als Gesandter nach Rom geschickt, Cic. de or. 1, 45; 2, 155. Gell. 7, 14, 9. Tert. de anim. 5. – II) ein Feldherr der Achäer, der die Römer reizte u. so den letzten, entscheidenden Kampf gegen den achäischen Bund herbeiführte (147 v. Chr.), Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 91. Flor. 2, 16, 2.
