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Pĕrĭpătētĭcus , a, um, adj., = Περιπατητικός,
I.of or belonging to the Peripatetic (Aristotelian) philosophy, Peripatetic: “peripatetica secta,Col. 9, 3, 1: “philosophia,Gell. 1, 3, 10: “disciplina,id. 19, 5, 2.—As subst.: Pĕrĭpătētĭcus , i, m., a disciple of the Peripatetic school, Gell. 2, 18, 8.— Usually in plur.: Pĕrĭpătētĭci , ōrum, m., philosophers of the Peripatetic (Aristotelian) school, Peripatetics, Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; id. Tusc. 4, 3, 6; Col. 1, 1, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8. They were so called because Aristotle delivered his lectures while walking about (περιπατῶν).
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    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.3
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 19.5.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.3.10
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.18.8
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.1.7
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.3.1
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