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Callĭmăchus , i, m., = Καλλίμαχος.
1. A distinguished Greek poet and grammarian of Cyrene (hence Battiades; v. Battus, I. b.) who lived in Alexandria in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, B. C. 250, Quint. 10, 1, 58; Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; 1, 39, 93; id. de Or. 3, 33, 32; Ov. R. Am. 759; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 100; Prop. 2, 1, 40; Ov. P. 4, 16, 32.—Hence, Callĭmăchīus , a, um, adj.: “metrum,” i. e. a choriambic tetrameter and an amphibrach, Serv. Centim. p. 1823 P.—
2. A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92.—
3. A physician, Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12.!*? Apollas Callimachus, in Quint. 11, 2, 14, is yet unexplained; v. Spald. in h. l.
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, On Oratory, 3.33
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.12
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.34
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 2.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.58
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.16
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