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Sĕrāpĭo or -on , ōnis, m., = Σεραπίων.
1. The name of an Egyptian ambassador to Rome, Caes. B. C. 3, 109.—
2. A geographer of Antioch, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; 2, 6, 1.—
3. In Rome, as a name for slaves; “thus,” of a servant of Atticus, Cic. Att. 10, 17, 1.—
4. A nickname of P. Cornel. Scipio Nasica, consul 616 A. U. C., Liv. Epit. 55; Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54; Val. Max. 9, 14, 3; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—
5. A Greek physician, Cels. 5, 28, 17 al.—
6. A Stoic of Hierapolis, Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
7. A Greek painter, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113.
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 (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 10.17.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.4.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.1.17
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.109
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.54
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 40.2
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.28
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 9.14.3
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