Praxiteles

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

Praxĭtĕles, is, m., = Πραξιτέλης,

I a celebrated Greek sculptor , Prop. 3, 7, 15 (4, 8, 16); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69; 36, 5, 4, § 21.

II —Hence, Praxĭtĕlīus , a, um, adj., = Πραξιτέλειος, of or belonging to Praxiteles , Praxitelian : capita, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: Venus, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 22.