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Callĭmăchus, i, m., = Καλλίμαχος.

      1. 1. A distinguished Greek poet and grammarian of Cyrene (hence Battiades; v. Battus, I. b.) who lived in Alexandria in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, B. C. 250, Quint. 10, 1, 58; Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; 1, 39, 93; id. de Or. 3, 33, 32; Ov. R. Am. 759; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 100; Prop. 2, 1, 40; Ov. P. 4, 16, 32.
        Hence, Callĭmăchīus, a, um, adj.: metrum, i. e. a choriambic tetrameter and an amphibrach, Serv. Centim. p. 1823 P.
      2. 2. A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92.
      3. 3. A physician, Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12.
        Note: Apollas Callimachus, in Quint. 11, 2, 14, is yet unexplained; v. Spald. in h. l.