Diphilus

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

Dīphĭlus, i, m., = Δίφιλος.

I A celebrated Greek comic writer of Sinope, imitated by Plautus , Plaut. Cas. prol. 32; id. Rud. prol. 32; Ter. Ad. 6; Vell. 1, 16, 3. —

II An architect employed by Quintus Cicero , Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1.—

III Secretary of Crassus , Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136.