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Lysĭas , ae, m., = Λυσίας.
I. Son of Cephalus, a famous orator of Athens: “tum fuit Lysias, quem jam prope audeas oratorem perfectum dicere,” Cic. Brut. 9, 35; cf. id. ib. 85, 293; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Or. 9, 29; Quint. 10, 1, 78; 12, 10, 24.—Hence,
B. Lysĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the orator Lysias: “gracilitas,” Quint. 12, 10, 24.—
II. A physician, Cels. 5, 18.—
III. A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 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 (7):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.54
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.2
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.78
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 10.24
    • Cicero, Brutus, 9.35
    • Cicero, Orator, 9.29
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