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phĭlŏsŏphor , ātus, 1,
I.v. dep. n. [philosophus], to apply one's self to philosophy, to play the philosopher, to philosophize (class.): “philosophatur quoque jam, non mendax modo'st,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 34; id. Ps. 4, 2, 18: philosophari est mihi necesse, at paucis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 1 (cited periphrastically ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; id. de Or. 2, 37, 156; Gell. 5, 15 fin.; cf. Trag. Rel. v. 417 Vahl., and p. 53 Rib.); Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89; id. N. D. 1, 3, 6: “sed jam satis est philosophatum,Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 21.
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    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.3
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 4.2
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.37
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.18
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.3
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.37
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.15
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