Ăristŏphănes, is, m., = Ἀριστοφάνης.
I.A The most distinguished comic poet of Greece , from Lindus , on the island of Rhodes , a contemporary of Socrates , Hor. S. 1, 4, 1.—Hence,
B Derivv.,
1 Ări-stŏphănēus or -īus , a, um, adj., Aristophanean : anapaestus Aristophanius, Cic. Or. 56, 190: metrum, Serv. Centim. p. 1818 P.—
2 Ăristŏphănĭcus , a, um, adj., the same, Hier. ad Isa. l. 15, c. 54, v. 11.—
II A distinguished grammarian of Byzantium , pupil of Eratosthenes , and teacher of the critic Aristarchus , Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132; id. Fin. 5, 19, 50; id. Att. 16, 11.