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Tīmaeus , i, m., = Τίμαιος.
I. A Greek historian of Sicily, under Agathocles, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 58; id. N. D. 2, 27, 69; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; id. Brut. 16, 63; Nep. Alcib. 11, 1.—
II. A Pythagorean philosopher, a contemporary of Plato, Cic. Fin. 5, 29. 87; id. Rep. 1, 10, 16. — “After him was named the Platonic dialogue Timaeus, which Cicero translated into Latin,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 63; id. N. D. 1, 8, 18; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15; v. the fragment of this translation (Timaeus sive de Universo), Cic. ed. B. and K. vol. viii. p. 131 sqq.
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 (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.12.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.14
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 11.1
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.10
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.5
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.29
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.8
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.27
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.25
    • Cicero, Brutus, 16.63
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