Chrestus, i, m.
I A mutilated form for Christus, Lact. 4, 7, 5; hence, Chrestiani, instead of Christiani, was used by many; cf. Tert. Apol. 3 fin. —
II A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius , Suet. Claud. 15; v. the commentt. in h. l.—
III A slave or freedman of Cicero , Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1.