Theodorus

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

Thĕŏdōrus, i, m., = Θεόδωρος.

I A Greek sophist of Byzantium , Cic. Brut. 12, 48; Quint. 3, 1, 11.—

II A Greek atheist of Cyrene , Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; 5, 40, 117; Sen. Tranq. 14, 3.—

III A celebrated rhetorician of Gadara , Quint. 3, 1, 17; 3, 11, 26; Suet. Tib. 57.

IV —Hence, Thĕ-ŏdōrēus , i, m., a pupil and follower of Theodorus , Quint. 2, 11, 2.— Plur. , Quint. 4, 2, 32; 3, 1, 18.