Euclides, The name of a famous Scometrician, scholer to Socrates.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Euclīdes, is, m., = *eu)klei/dhs, a Greek proper name, Euclid.I.A philosopher of Megara, a disciple of Socrates and founder of the Megaric sect, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129; Gell. 6, 10, 10; Sid. Carm. 2, 176.—II.A mathematician in Alexandria under Ptolemy Philadelphus, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132.
