Plăto or Plăton, ōnis, = Πλάτων.
I A celebrated Grecian philosopher , the disciple of Socrates , the instructor of Aristotle , and founder of the Academic philosophy , Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; id. Or. 3, 12: Plato divinus auctor, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 13.—In Greek acc.: doctum Platona, Hor. S. 2, 4, 3; Petr. 2, 5.—Hence,
B Plătōnĭcus , a, um, adj., = Πλατωνικός, of or belonging to Plato , Platonic : sublimitas, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5: philosophus, Gell. 15, 2, 1: homo, speaking of Cicero, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 46: ideae, Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 26.—Subst.: Plă-tōnĭci , ōrum, m., followers of the Platonic philosophy , Platonists , Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—
II An obscure Epicurean of Sardis , contemporary with Cicero , Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14.