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Callimachus

Callimachus · m

A distinguished Greek poet and grammarian of Cyrene

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Where it lives

Remedia Amoris 3 · 5.72/10k
De Corona 2 · 4.11/10k
Elegiae 5 · 1.98/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Naturalis Historia 29 · 0.73/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 3 · 0.53/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Callĭmăchus — Lewis & Short

Callĭmăchus, i, m., = *kalli/maxos.

1 A distinguished Greek poet and grammarian of Cyrene (hence Battiades; v. Battus, I. b.) who lived in Alexandria in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, B. C. 250, Quint. 10, 1, 58; Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; 1, 39, 93; id. de Or. 3, 33, 32; Ov. R. Am. 759; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 100; Prop. 2, 1, 40; Ov. P. 4, 16, 32.—Hence, Callĭmăchīus, a, um, adj.: metrum, i. e. a choriambic tetrameter and an amphibrach, Serv. Centim. p. 1823 P.—

2 A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92.—

3 A physician, Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12.!*? Apollas Callimachus, in Quint. 11, 2, 14, is yet unexplained; v. Spald. in h. l.

In the wild

Callimachum Tertullian, De Corona 7
Callimacho Ovid, Remedia Amoris 760
Callimachi Ovid, Remedia Amoris 381
Callimachum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.47
Callimachum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.22.p14
Callimacho Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.6.p51

6 of 59 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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