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gymnosophistae

gymnosophistae · m

Indian ascetics

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Where it lives

Florida 2 · 2.54/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

gymnŏsŏphistae — Lewis & Short

gymnŏsŏphistae, ārum, m., = gumnosofistai/ (naked philosophers),

I Indian ascetics, gymnosophists, a sect of hermits who disregarded the decencies of life, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; App. Flor. p. 351; Prud. Ham. 404 al.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; Val. Max. 3, 3 ext. 6.

In the wild

gymnosophistas Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.3.p4
gymnosophistae Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 107.8
gymnosophistae Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.13
gymnosophistas Prudentius, Hamartigenia 1.403
gymnosophistae Tertullian, Apologeticum 42.1
gymnosophistae Apuleius, Florida 6

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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