Ĕpĭmĕnĭdes, is, m., = Ἐπιμενίδης,
a famous Greek poet and prophet of Crete , Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. Div. 1, 18; Varr. L. L. 7, § 3 Müll.; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154; 7, 52, 53, § 175.—Perh. named after him: genus (bulborum) Epimenidu (i. e. Ἐπιμενίδου), Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93 Sillig N. cr.