Metrodorus

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

Mētrŏdōrus, i, m., = Μητρόδωρος.

I Metrodorus Lampsacenus or Atheniensis, an Epicurean , Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8; 2, 6, 17; 5, 9, 27.—

II M. Scepsius (from Scepsis, a city of Mysia ), a rhetorical and Academic philosopher, famous for his memory , Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 360; 3, 20, 75; Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34.—

III M. Stratonicēus (from Stratonice, a city of Caria ), a pupil of Carneades, and an excellent orator , Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45; id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 6, 16.—

IV Metrodorus Chius, a pupil of Democritus and teacher of Anaxarchus and of the fourth Hippocrates (about B. C. 330), Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 23, 73.—

V A freedman of Cicero , Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; id. Fam. 16, 20, 1.