Marcion

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

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. (Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120),

I a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ , Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

A Marcĭōnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion : continentia, Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

B Marcĭō-nista , ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur. , Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

C Marcĭōnīta , ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion : Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator, i. e. feigned by Marcion , Prud. Ham. 129.— Plur. : Marcĭōnītae , Marcionites, disciples of Marcion , Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

II A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.