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Pindărus , i, m., = Πίνδαρος.
I. Pindar, a celebrated lyric poet of Thebes, contemporary with Æschylus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 61; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115; Sen. Q. N. 6, 26, 3.—
B. Hence,
1. Pindărĕ-us , a, um, adj., Pindaric: “Pindaream chelyn referre,” Mart. Cap. 2, § 119.—
2. Pin-dărĭcus , a, um, adj., Pindaric: “Camenae,” Hor. C. 4, 9, 6: “fons,” id. Ep. 1, 3, 10: “Pindaricos modos,” Mart. 8, 18, 6; Ov. P. 4, 16, 28: “os,” Prop. 3, 15, 40: Pindaricum metrum, consisting of a trimeter brachycatalectus (e. g. medium rapido mare Tibris adit fluvio), Serv. Centimetr. p. 1822 P.—
II. Name of a slave, Cic. Att. 16, 1, 5; Inscr. Murat. 619, 2.—
III. The freedman who held the sword upon which Cassius fell at Philippi, Val. Max. 6, 8, 4.
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 (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.1.5
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.34
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.61
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.16
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 6.8.4
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