Phĕrĕcȳdes, is, m., = Φερεκύδης.
I A celebrated philosopher from Syros , an instructor of Pythagoras , Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; id. Div. 1, 50, 112; reputed to be the inventor of prose, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205.—Hence,
B Phĕrĕcȳdēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pherecydes , Pherecydean : Pherecydeum illud, that saying of Pherecydes , Cic. Div. 2, 13, 31.—
II An Athenian chronicler , about 480 B.C., Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 53.