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Dĭŏnȳsĭus , ii, m., = Διονύσιος,
I.the name of several celebrated Greeks; esp.,
I. The elder Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, Nep. Dio, 1; id. Reg. 2; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20 sq.; id. N. D. 3, 33 sq. al.—
II. His son, likewise tyrant of Syracuse, Nep. Dio, 3 sq.; Just. 21, 1 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 12; id. Fam. 9, 18; Val. Max. 6, 9, 6 extr.—
III. Heracleotes, a pupil of Zeno of Citium, at first a Stoic, afterwards a Cyrenaic, Cic. Fin. 5, 31; id. Tusc. 2, 25; 3, 9; id. Ac. 2, 22 fin.—
IV. A Stoic, contemporary with Cicero, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11.—
V. A musician of Thebes, Nep. Epam. 2, 1.—
VI. Name of a slave, Hor. S. 1, 6, 38.—
VII. Dionysius Cato, author of the Disticha de moribus ad filium, v. Teuffel, Roem. Lit. § 34, 2.
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 (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.18
    • Horace, Satires, 1.6.38
    • Cornelius Nepos, Dion, di..1
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    • Cornelius Nepos, Epaminondas, 2.1
    • Cornelius Nepos, Kings, 2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.31
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.33
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.11
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.25
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.12
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.20
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 6.9.6
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