Prŏdĭcus, i, m., = Πρόδικος,
I a Grecian sophist of Ceos , contemporary with Socrates , author of the story of The Choice of Hercules , Cic. Brut. 8, 30; id. de Or. 3, 32, 128; Quint. 3, 1, 12.—Hence,
II Prŏdĭcĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Prodicus : Prodicius Hercules, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.