Metrodôrus, A philosophers name, folower of Epicure. Also the name of certaine other philosophers.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Mētrŏdōrus, i, m., = *mhtro/dwros. I. Metrodorus Lampsacenus or Atheniensis, an Epicurean, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8; 2, 6, 17; 5, 9, 27.—II. M. Scepsius (from Scepsis, a city of Mysia), a rhetorical and Academic philosopher, famous for his memory, Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 360; 3, 20, 75; Plin. 34, 7, 16, 34.—III. M. Stratonicēus (from Stratonice, a city of Caria), a pupil of Carneades, and an excellent orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16.—IV. Metrodorus Chius, a pupil of Democritus and teacher of Anaxarchus and of the fourth Hippocrates (about B. C. 330), Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73.—V.A freedman of Cicero, Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; id. Fam. 16, 20, 1.