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Carneades

Carneades · m

a distinguished philosopher of Cyrene

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Where it lives

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What it meant

Carnĕădes — Lewis & Short

Carnĕădes, is, m., = *karnea/dhs,

I a distinguished philosopher of Cyrene, a pupil of the Stoic Diogenes, the founder of the New Academy in Athens, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16; 2, 42, 131; 2, 45, 137 sq.; id. Tusc. 4, 3, 5; id. de Or. 1, 11, 49; 2, 38, 161; Gell. 17, 15, 1; 17, 21, 1; Quint. 12, 3, 35; Lact. 5, 14.—Hence,
II Carnĕădēus or -dīus, a, um, adj., of Carneades: sententia, Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148: divisio, id. Fin. 5, 6, 16: finis, id. ib. 4, 18, 49: vis, id. de Or. 3, 19, 71 al.

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