epicureus
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;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aliud tibi expediat, aliud mihi. Iterum ego tamquam Epicureus loquor? mihi vero idem expedit quod tibi..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...arderet podagrae doloribus visitassetque hominem Charmides Epicureus perfamiliaris et tristis exiret, Mane, quaeso, inquit, Charmide noster; nihil illinc..."