Chrysippus

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

Chrȳsippus, i, m., = Χρύσιππος.

I One of the most distinguished of the Stoic philosophers , from Soli , in Cilicia , a pupil of Cleanthes and Zeno , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 23, 73; 2, 24, 75; 2, 27, 87 al.; id. de Or. 1, 11, 50; id. Fat. 4, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 44; id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; Sen. Ep. 113, 18; Lact. 3, 18, 15; Pers. 6, 80. —Hence,

B Chrȳsippēus , a, um, adj., of Chrysippus , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 30, 96: sophisma, Hier. Ep. 69, 2.—

II A physician of Cnidus , in the time of Alexander the Great , Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17; 20, 10, 43, § 111.

IV —Hence, chrȳ-sippēa , ae, f. (sc. herba), a plant named after him , Plin. 26, 9, 60, § 93.—

III A freedman of Cicero , Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8 al.—

IV Chrysippus Vettius, an architect , Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1; id. Att. 13, 29, 2 al.