Pisistratus

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

Pīsistrătus, i, m., = Πεισίστρατος.

I Pisistratus , tyrant of Athens , Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Brut. 7, 27; id. Rep. 1, 44, 68; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137; Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4; Phaedr. 1, 2, 5.—Hence,

B Pīsistrătĭdae , ārum, m., = Πεισιστρατίδαι, the Pisistratidae , i. e. Hippias and Hipparchus , sons of Pisistratus , Liv. 31, 44, 8.—

II A Boeotian chief , a friend of the Romans , Liv. 33, 27 sq.