Thūcȳdĭdes, is, m., = Θουκυδίδης,
a celebrated Greek historian , Cic. Or. 9, 30 sq.; 65, 219; id. Brut. 83, 287 sq.; id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; Quint. 10, 1, 73. — Hence, Thūcȳdĭdīus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thucydides , Thucydidian : genus (orationis), Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 16. — Subst. plur. : Thūcȳdĭdĭi , ŏrum, m., imitators of Thucydides , Cic. Or. 9, 30.