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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.
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):
    • New Testament, Acts, 17.18
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.7
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.9
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.7
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.34
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.78
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