Bĭōn (in the class. per. perh. more correctly — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

Bĭōn (in the class. per. perh. more correctly Bio, analog. to Plato, Meno, Dio, etc.), ōnis, m., = Βίων (ὁ Βορυσθενίτης, Strab.), a very witty philosopher of the Cyrenaic school, born at Borysthenes: facetum illud Bionis, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62.—Hence, Bĭōnēus, a, um, adj., Bionian, for witty, satirical, biting: hic delectatur iambis, Ille Bioneis sermonibus et sale nigro, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60 Orell. ad loc. (Bioneis sermonibus, lividis jocis, id est, satira, Acro).— Bion Soleus or Soleusis, a writer on agriculture, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8; Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 178.

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Bĭōn (in the class. per. perh. more correctly

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bĭōn (in the class. per. perh. more correctly

Headword (normalized/stripped):

bion (in the class. per. perh. more correctly

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Bion

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