Socrates

Sōcrătes, is, m., = Sôkratês.

I.

The celebrated Greek philosopher:

parens philosophiae,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 1:

fons et caput philosophiae,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

ab Apolline omnium sapientissimus dictus,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 50.— Voc. Socrate, bis, Cic. Fragm. p. 477 Orell.—As an appellative, in the plur.:

ut exsistant... Socratae simul et Antisthenae et Platones multi,

Gell. 14, 1, 29; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 50. —Hence, Sōcrătĭcus, a, um, adj., = Sôkratikos, of or belonging to Socrates, Socratic:

philosophi,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

viri,

id. Att. 14, 9, 1:

domus,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 14:

sermones,

Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 67; Hor. C. 3, 21, 9:

lepor subtilitasque,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

chartae,

Hor. A. P. 310:

sinus,

i. e. devoted to philosophy, Pers. 5, 37:

Xenophon,

Nep. Ages. 1:

cinaedi (in reference to Alcibiades, the favorite of Socrates),

Juv. 2, 10.—As subst.: Sōcrătĭci, ōrum, m., the followers or disciples of Socrates, Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 61 sq.; id. Off. 1, 1, 2 et saep.—

II.

A Greek painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—

III.

A Greek sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32.