Anacreon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ănā̆crĕōn, ontis, m., = Ἀνακρέων,

I a distinguished lyric poet of Teos , who fl. 540 B.C., Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. C. 4, 9, 9; id. Epod. 14, 10 al.

II —Hence, Ănā̆crĕōntēus , a, um, adj., Diom. p. 512 P.; Ănā̆crĕōn-tĭus , a, um, adj., Quint. 9, 4, 78; Gell. 19, 9; and Ănā̆crĕōntĭcus , a, um, adj., Fulg. Myth. 1.