I. The celebrated Greek philosopher: “parens philosophiae,” Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 1: “fons et caput philosophiae,” id. de Or. 1, 10, 42: “ab Apolline omnium sapientissimus dictus,” id. Ac. 1, 4, 16; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 50.—Voc. Socrate, bis, Cic. Fragm. p. 477 Orell.—As an appellative, in the plur.: “ut exsistant ... Socratae simul et Antisthenae et Platones multi,” Gell. 14, 1, 29; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 50. —Hence, Sōcrătĭcus , a, um, adj., = Σωκρατικός, of or belonging to Socrates, Socratic: “philosophi,” Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104: “viri,” id. Att. 14, 9, 1: “domus,” Hor. C. 1, 29, 14: “sermones,” Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 67; Hor. C. 3, 21, 9: “lepor subtilitasque,” Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16: “chartae,” Hor. A. P. 310: “sinus,” i. e. devoted to philosophy, Pers. 5, 37: “Xenophon,” Nep. Ages. 1: “cinaedi (in reference to Alcibiades, the favorite of Socrates),” Juv. 2, 10.—As subst.: Sōcrătĭci , ōrum, m., the followers or disciples of Socrates, Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 61 sq.; id. Off. 1, 1, 2 et saep.—
II. A Greek painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—
III. A Greek sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32.
