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Heraclitus

Heraclitus · m

A celebrated Greek philosopher of Ephesus

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Where it lives

Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
Pescennius Niger 1 · 4.39/10k
De Anima 7 · 2.94/10k
Lucullus 5 · 2.78/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 1 · 0.68/10k
de Natura Deorum 2 · 0.56/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Hērāclītus — Lewis & Short

Hērāclītus, i, m., = *(hra/kleitos.

I A celebrated Greek philosopher of Ephesus, who wrote in an obscure style (hence called o( skoteino/s, the Obscure), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15; id. N. D. 3, 14, 35; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; Lucr. 1, 639: nec consulto dicis occulte tamquam Heraclitus, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74.—

B Deriv.: Hēraclītĕi, ōrum, m., the disciples of Heraclitus, App. Doctr. Plat. 1, p. 2, 41.—

II A pupil of Clitomachus and Philo, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 12.—

III An ambassador sent by king Philip to Hannibal, with the surname Scotinus, Liv. 23, 39.

In the wild

Heraclitus Cicero, De Divinatione 2.133
Heraclitus Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 p39
Heraclitus Tertullian, De Anima 5
Heraclitus Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.28
Heraclitum Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.35
Heraclitum Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi 9.15.2

6 of 40 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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