Aesōpus, i, m., = Αἴσωπος.
I Aesop , the Greek fabulist of Phrygia , in the time of Croesus; cf. Phaedr. 5 prol. The difference between Aesopic and Libystic fables, v. under Aesopicus.—Cf. Quint. 5, 11, 19; Gell. 2, 29.—
II A tragic actor , friend of Cicero : noster Aesopus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 82; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; id. Div. 1, 37.