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Chrysippus

Chrysippus · m

One of the most distinguished of the Stoic philosophers

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Chrȳsippus — Lewis & Short

Chrȳsippus, i, m., = *xru/sippos.

I One of the most distinguished of the Stoic philosophers, from Soli, in Cilicia, a pupil of Cleanthes and Zeno, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; 2, 24, 75; 2, 27, 87 al.; id. de Or. 1, 11, 50; id. Fat. 4, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 44; id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; Sen. Ep. 113, 18; Lact. 3, 18, 15; Pers. 6, 80. —Hence,
B Chrȳsippēus, a, um, adj., of Chrysippus, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96: sophisma, Hier. Ep. 69, 2.—
II A physician of Cnidus, in the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17; 20, 10, 43, § 111.—Hence, chrȳ-sippēa, ae, f. (sc. herba), a plant named after him, Plin. 26, 9, 60, § 93.—
III A freedman of Cicero, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8 al.
IV Chrysippus Vettius, an architect, Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1; id. Att. 13, 29, 2 al.

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