Epicharmus

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἐπίχαρμος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ĕpĭcharmus: i, m., = Ἐπίχαρμος.
I A famous Pythagorean philosopher and comic poet of Cos, who resided, after his early youth, in Syracuse (whence his surname of Siculus), Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 58; Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89 al.—Hence,
   B Epicharmīum illud, a saying of Epicharmus, Gell. 1, 15, 15.—
II The name of a poem by Ennius, Cic. Ac. 2, 16 fin. al.; v. Vahlen, Ennianae Poesis Reliquiae, p. 167 sq.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Ĕpĭcharmus,¹⁶ ī, m. (Ἐπίχαρμος), Épicharme [poète comique de Sicile] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 15 || titre d’un ouvrage d’Ennius : Cic. Ac. 2, 51 || -mĭus, a, um, d’Épicharme : Gell. 1, 15, 15.

Latin > German (Georges)

Epicharmus, ī, m. (Ἐπίχαρμος), ein Philosoph u. dramat. Dichter (u. als solcher Vertreter der dorisch-sizilischen Komödie), Schüler des Pythagoras, geboren auf der Insel Kos; er siedelte von da nach Megara und endlich nach Syrakus über (dah. Siculus zubenannt), Cic. Tusc. 1, 15. Hor. ep. 2, 1, 58.

Wikipedia EN

Epicharmus of Kos or Epicharmus Comicus or Epicharmus Comicus Syracusanus (Greek: Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ Κῷος), thought to have lived between c. 550 and c. 460 BC, was a Greek dramatist and philosopher who is often credited with being one of the first comic writers, having originated the Doric or Sicilian comedic form.