Pindărus, i, m., = Πίνδαρος.
I Pindar , a celebrated lyric poet of Thebes , contemporary with Aeschylus , Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 61; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115; Sen. Q. N. 6, 26, 3.—
B Hence,
1 Pindărĕ-us , a, um, adj., Pindaric : Pindaream chelyn referre, Mart. Cap. 2, § 119.—
2 Pindărĭcus , a, um, adj., Pindaric : Camenae, Hor. C. 4, 9, 6: fons, id. Ep. 1, 3, 10: Pindaricos modos, Mart. 8, 18, 6; Ov. P. 4, 16, 28: os, Prop. 3, 15, 40: Pindaricum metrum, consisting of a trimeter brachycatalectus (e. g. medium rapido mare Tibris adit fluvio), Serv. Centimetr. p. 1822 P.—
II Name of a slave , Cic. Att. 16, 1, 5; Inscr. Murat. 619, 2.—
III The freedman who held the sword upon which Cassius fell at Philippi , Val. Max. 6, 8, 4.