Epicurus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἐπίκουρος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ĕpĭcūrus: i, m., = Ἐπίκουρος,
I the famous Greek philosopher of Gargettus, in Attica, the author of the Epicurean philosophy, so called after him, which assumed pleasure to be the highest good, Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 2, 2 sq.; id. Ac. 2, 42; id. Tusc. 1, 34; 2, 3, 8 et saep.—Deriv.,
II Ĕpĭcūrēus, a, um, adj., of Epicurus, Epicurean: medicamenta doloris, i. e. pleasure, Cic. Fin. 2, 7 fin.: secta, Suet. Gram. 8.—More freq. subst.: Ĕpĭcūrēi, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Epicurean philosophy, Epicureans, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25; 2, 25, 81; id. Tusc. 1, 31, 77; Vulg. Act. 17, 18 et saep.—In sing., Quint. 6, 3, 78; Suet. Gram. 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Ĕpĭcūrus,⁹ ī, m. (Ἐπίκουρος), Épicure philosophe grec] : Cic. Fin. 1, 29 || -rēus (-īus), a, um, d’Épicure, Épicurien : Cic. Fin. 2, 22 || -rēī, ōrum, Épicuriens, de la secte d’Épicure : Cic. Fin. 2, 81.

Latin > German (Georges)

Epicūrus, ī, m. (Επίκουρος), ein berühmter griech. Philosoph aus dem attischen Demos Gargettus (dah. Gargettius zubenannt) gebürtig, aber zu Samos (342 v. Chr.) geboren, Stifter der nach ihm benannten epikurëischen Philosophie, die den Sinnengenuß als höchstes Gut annahm, Cic. de fin. 1, 29; de fat. 19; ep. 15, 16, 1. – Dav. Epicūrēus u. -īus, a, um (Επικούρειος, dah. auch Epicūreios, on), epikurëisch, Patro, Cic.: secta, Suet.: medicamenta doloris, vom Vergnügen, Cic. – subst., a) Epicūrēa, ae, f. (sc. secta), die epikurëische Sekte (Schule), Porphyr. Hor. ep. 1, 1, 16. – b) Epicūrēī (Epicūrīī), ōrum, m., die Schüler-, Anhänger des Epikur, die Epikureer, Cic.: übtr. = Wollüstlinge, Sen.

Wikipedia EN

Epicurus (341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and sage who founded Epicureanism, a highly influential school of philosophy. He was born on the Greek island of Samos to Athenian parents. Influenced by Democritus, Aristippus, Pyrrho, and possibly the Cynics, he turned against the Platonism of his day and established his own school, known as "the Garden", in Athens. Epicurus and his followers were known for eating simple meals and discussing a wide range of philosophical subjects. He openly allowed women and slaves to join the school as a matter of policy. Epicurus is said to have originally written over 300 works on various subjects, but the vast majority of these writings have been lost. Only three letters written by him—the letters to Menoeceus, Pythocles, and Herodotus—and two collections of quotes—the Principal Doctrines and the Vatican Sayings—have survived intact, along with a few fragments of his other writings. Most knowledge of his teachings comes from later authors, particularly the biographer Diogenes Laërtius, the Epicurean Roman poet Lucretius and the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, and with hostile but largely accurate accounts by the Pyrrhonist philosopher Sextus Empiricus, and the Academic Skeptic and statesman Cicero.

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