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Hērāclītus , i, m., = Ἡράκλειτος.
I. A celebrated Greek philosopher of Ephesus, who wrote in an obscure style (hence called σκοτεινός, 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.
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