Isocrates

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

Īsŏcrătes, is, m., = Ἰσοκράτης,

I Isocrates , a celebrated orator and teacher of rhetoric at Athens , a pupil of Gorgias and the friend of Plato , Cic. Or. 52, 176; id. de Or. 2, 13, 57; id. Brut. 56, 204; Quint. 10, 1, 79 et saep.—

II Deriv.: Īsŏcrătēus or -īus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Isocrates , Isocratic : mos, Cic. Or. 61, 207; id. Fam. 1, 9, 23.—Subst.: Īsŏcrătīus , ĭi, m., a pupil of Isocrates , Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 8, 1.