Ăcădēmus, i, m., = Ἀκάδημος,
a Grecian hero , from whom the Academia near Athens is said to have derived its name : inter silvas Academi, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 45.
Acadēmus ī, m a mythical hero of Athens: silvae Academi, i. e. Academia, H. ...
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