epicureum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Epicureus, Epicurea, Epicureum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
- Geography:
- Greece
Epicurean, belonging to the Epicureans, following philosopher Epicurus;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →Epicureus, Epicurei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
- Geography:
- Greece
Epicurean, one belonging to the Epicureans, follower philosopher Epicurus;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...honesto ne inmortalitatis quidem pretio recedentem, modo Epicureum, laudantem statum quietae civitatis et inter convivia cantusque vitam exigentis..." - L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Imperitis ac rudibus nullus praecipitationis finis est; in Epicureum illud chaos decidunt, inane sine termino. Est adhuc genus..." - L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...scientiam sed egestatis professus est. XIX. 1. Diodorum, Epicureum philosophum, qui intra paucos dies finem uitae suae manu..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...eius, a quo dissentias. quid enim me prohiberet Epicureum esse, si probarem, quae ille diceret? cum praesertim illa..."