Phĕrĕcdes, is, m., = *fereku/dhs. I.A celebrated philosopher from Syros, an instructor of Pythagoras, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; id. Div. 1, 50, 112; reputed to be the inventor of prose, Plin. 7, 56, 57, 205.—Hence, B. Phĕrĕcdēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pherecydes, Pherecydean: Pherecydeum illud,
that saying of Pherecydes
, Cic. Div. 2, 13, 31.—II.An Athenian chronicler, about 480 B.C., Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 53.