Dēmō̆crĭtus, i, m., Δημόκριτος.
I A celebrated philosopher born at Abdera, an adherent of the Eleatic school, and the originator of the atomic theory , Lucr. 3, 372; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11; id. Fin. 1, 6; id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 17 sq.; id. Fat. 10 et saep.; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 12; id. A. P. 297; Juv. 10, 34 al.—
B Derivv.
1 Dēmŏcrĭtĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Democritus : philosophi, his followers , Cic. Tusc. 1, 34 (in Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42: Democritii, see the foll.).—
2 Dēmŏcrĭtēus or -īus , a, um, adj., Δημοκρίτειος, the same: Anaxarchus, Cic. N. D. 3, 33; id. Tusc. 2, 22: Nausiphanes, id. N. D. 1, 26.
V — Dēmŏcrĭtīi , ōrum, m., his followers , Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42.—Hence,
b Subst.: Dēmŏcrĭtēa , ōrum, n., the doctrines of Democritus , Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 73; id. Div. 2, 13 fin. —
II Of Sicyon, friend of Cicero , Cic. Fam. 13, 78.