Thĕŏdectes, is, m., = Θεοδέκτης, a Greek orator of Cilicia, a disciple of Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle, Cic. Or. 51, 172; 57, 195; 64, 218; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 59; Quint. 11, 2, 51; Val. Max. 8, 14, ext. 3.