Lysĭas, ae, m., = Λυσίας.
- I. Son of Cephalus, a famous orator of Athens: tum fuit Lysias, quem jam prope audeas oratorem perfectum dicere, Cic. Brut. 9, 35; cf. id. ib. 85, 293; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Or. 9, 29; Quint. 10, 1, 78; 12, 10, 24.
Hence,
- B. Lysĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the orator Lysias: gracilitas, Quint. 12, 10, 24.
- II. A physician, Cels. 5, 18.
- III. A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 2.