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Phĕrĕcȳdes

gen. Phĕrĕcȳdis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
= Φερεκύδης.
A celebrated philosopher from Syros; an instructor of Pythagoras •
A celebrated philosopher from Syros, an instructor of Pythagoras, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; id. Div. 1, 50, 112; reputed to be the inventor of prose, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205.—Hence,
belonging to Pherecydes; Pherecydean •
Phĕrĕcȳdēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pherecydes, Pherecydean: Pherecydeum illud, that saying of Pherecydes, Cic. Div. 2, 13, 31.—
An Athenian chronicler; about
An Athenian chronicler, about 480 B.C., Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 53.
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