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īdōlum or -on , i, n., = εἴδωλον.
I. an image, form, esp. a spectre, apparition, ghost: idola atque atomos vincere Epicuri volam, Lucil. ap. Non. 478, 29: “mox apparebat idolon, senex macie et squalore confectus, etc.,” Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5 (in Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; Fam. 15, 16, 1 and 2, written as Greek).—
II. In the Church fathers, an idol: idolorum cultor, Aug. in. Psa. 78, 3; id. Serm. 123, 3: “venerator idolorum,” id. Conf. 8, 2: “deficere a cultu idolorum,” Lact. Mort. Pers. 2, 6; Tert. Idol. 1 sq.; id. Spect. 13 et saep.—Scanned īdŏlum, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 48; Sedul. 5, 146 al.
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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    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 7.27.5
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.6
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