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Epicurus

Epicurus · m

the famous Greek philosopher of Gargettus

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Where it lives

de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 102 · 20.39/10k
De Fato 10 · 20.18/10k
De Otio 3 · 15.3/10k
de Natura Deorum 47 · 13.14/10k
Academica 6 · 12.32/10k
De Vita Beata 7 · 9.64/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 54 · 9.53/10k
Lucullus 16 · 8.89/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 63 · 5.29/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 5 · 4.59/10k
De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
De Anima 10 · 4.21/10k

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕpĭcūrus — Lewis & Short

ĕpĭcūrus, i, m., = *)epi/kouros,

I the famous Greek philosopher of Gargettus, in Attica, the author of the Epicurean philosophy, so called after him, which assumed pleasure to be the highest good, Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 2, 2 sq.; id. Ac. 2, 42; id. Tusc. 1, 34; 2, 3, 8 et saep.—Deriv.,

II ĕpĭcūrēus, a, um, adj., of Epicurus, Epicurean: medicamenta doloris, i. e. pleasure, Cic. Fin. 2, 7 fin.: secta, Suet. Gram. 8.—More freq. subst.: ĕpĭcūrēi, ōrum, m., the adherents of the Epicurean philosophy, Epicureans, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25; 2, 25, 81; id. Tusc. 1, 31, 77; Vulg. Act. 17, 18 et saep.—In sing., Quint. 6, 3, 78; Suet. Gram. 6.

In the wild

Epicurum Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes index.2.p429
Epicurus Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.35
Epicuro Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.68.p2
Epicurus Cicero, de Natura Deorum 1.69
Epicurus Tertullian, De Anima 5
Epicurus Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1.65

6 of 412 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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