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Ăristŏphănes , is, m., = Ἀριστοφάνης.
I. A.. The most distinguished comic poet of Greece, from Lindus, on the island of Rhodes, a contemporary of Socrates, Hor. S. 1, 4, 1.—Hence,
B. Derivv.,
1. Ări-stŏphănēus or -īus , a, um, adj., Aristophanean: “anapaestus Aristophanius,” Cic. Or. 56, 190: “metrum,” Serv. Centim. p. 1818 P.—
2. Ăristŏphănĭcus , a, um, adj., the same, Hier. ad Isa. l. 15, c. 54, v. 11.—
II. A distinguished grammarian of Byzantium, pupil of Eratosthenes, and teacher of the critic Aristarchus, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132; id. Fin. 5, 19, 50; id. Att. 16, 11.
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 (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.11
    • Horace, Satires, 1.4.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.33
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.19
    • Cicero, Orator, 56.190
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