Pĕrĭpătētĭcus, a, um, adj., = Περιπατητικός,
of or belonging to the Peripatetic ( Aristotelian ) philosophy , Peripatetic : peripatetica secta, Col. 9, 3, 1: philosophia, Gell. 1, 3, 10: disciplina, id. 19, 5, 2.—As subst.: Pĕrĭpătētĭcus , i, m., a disciple of the Peripatetic school , Gell. 2, 18, 8.— Usually in plur.: Pĕrĭpătētĭci , ōrum, m., philosophers of the Peripatetic ( Aristotelian ) school , Peripatetics , Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; id. Tusc. 4, 3, 6; Col. 1, 1, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8. They were so called because Aristotle delivered his lectures while walking about (περιπατῶν).