Lysias

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

Lysĭas, ae, m., = Λυσίας.

I Son of Cephalus, a famous orator of Athens : tum fuit Lysias, quem jam prope audeas oratorem perfectum dicere, Cic. Brut. 9, 35; cf. id. ib. 85, 293; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Or. 9, 29; Quint. 10, 1, 78; 12, 10, 24.—Hence,

B Lysĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the orator Lysias : gracilitas, Quint. 12, 10, 24.—

II A physician , Cels. 5, 18.—

III A celebrated sculptor , Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 2.

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