Lewis & Short

Pindărus, i, m., = Πίνδαρος.

  1. I. Pindar, a celebrated lyric poet of Thebes, contemporary with Æschylus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 61; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115; Sen. Q. N. 6, 26, 3.
    1. B. Hence,
      1. 1. Pindărĕ-us, a, um, adj., Pindaric: Pindaream chelyn referre, Mart. Cap. 2, § 119.
      2. 2. Pin-dărĭcus, a, um, adj., Pindaric: Camenae, Hor. C. 4, 9, 6: fons, id. Ep. 1, 3, 10: Pindaricos modos, Mart. 8, 18, 6; Ov. P. 4, 16, 28: os, Prop. 3, 15, 40: Pindaricum metrum, consisting of a trimeter brachycatalectus (e. g. medium rapido mare Tibris adit fluvio), Serv. Centimetr. p. 1822 P.
  2. II. Name of a slave, Cic. Att. 16, 1, 5; Inscr. Murat. 619, 2.
  3. III. The freedman who held the sword upon which Cassius fell at Philippi, Val. Max. 6, 8, 4.