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Aesōpus , i, m., = Αἴσωπος.
I. Æsop, the Greek fabulist of Phrygia, in the time of Crœsus; cf. Phaedr. 5 prol. The difference between Æsopic and Libystic fables, v. under Aesopicus.—Cf. Quint. 5, 11, 19; Gell. 2, 29.—
II. A tragic actor, friend of Cicero: “noster Aesopus,” Cic. Fam. 7, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 82; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; id. Div. 1, 37.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.1
    • Phaedrus, Fables, 5
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.37
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 11.19
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.29
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