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Phĭlo or -on, ōnis, m., = Φίλων.

  1. I. An Academic philosopher of Athens, teacher of Cicero about A. U. C. 663, Cic. Brut. 89, 306; id. Ac. 2, 6, 17; id. Tusc. 2, 3, 9; 5, 37, 107; id. N. D. 1, 40, 113.
  2. II. A celebrated architect in Athens, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 62; Vitr. 7 praef. § 12; cf. Sillig, Catal. Artif. s. h. v.
  3. III. A Greek physician, a native of Tarsus, the inventor of an eye-salve, Cels. 6, 6, 3.
    Hence, adj.: Phĭlōnĭānus, a, um, of Philo: Philonianum antidotum, Marc. Emp. 20.
    As subst.: Phĭlōnĭum, i, n., the same, Ser. Samm. 22, 396.
  4. IV. A Roman surname: Q. Publicius Philo, consul A. U. C. 439, Inscr. Grut. 291.