Polyclitus

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

Pŏlyclītus (Pŏlŭ-, -ētus) (ĕ scanned short, Prud. στεφ. 10, 269), i, m., = Πολύκλειτος,

a celebrated Grecian sculptor from Argos or Sicyon , contemporary with Pericles. —Form Polyclitus, Plin. 34, 8, 19 § 55; Cic. Brut. 18, 70; 86, 296; id. de Or. 2, 16, 70; 3, 7, 26; Juv. 8, 103; Mart. 8, 51, 2. —Form POLYCLETVS, Inscr. Orell. 3245.— Hence, Pŏlyclētēus ( -īus ), a, um, adj., Polycletean : caelum, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Stat. S. 2, 2, 67.