Theocritus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόκριτος (Theókritos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Theocritus m sg (genitive Theocritī); second declension

  1. A celebrated Greek poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

References

  • Theocritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Theocritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.