Boethius

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

Bŏēthius, ii, m.: Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus,

a distinguished philosopher and theologian of the post-classic period under Theodoric; born about A. D. 470; beheaded in prison (A. D. 524), where he composed his most distinguished work, De consolatione philosophiae libri V.