Prodicus, A Rhetorician, Theramenes Mayster. Also a Sophister.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
prō-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.I.To say beforehand, to fix or appoint beforehand (very rare): prodictā die, Cic. Dom. 17, 45 (dub.).—II.To put off, defer (not in Cic. or Cæs.): diem prodicere,
to adjourn the time of trial
, Liv. 2, 61, 7; v. Weissenb. ad loc.; Liv. 6, 20, 11; 38, 51, 5: ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem prodixisset, Tac. A. 2, 79 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7, the true read. is praedici; Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93, praedicunt).
Prŏdĭcus, i, m., = *pro/dikos, a Grecian sophist of Ceos, contemporary with Socrates, author of the story of The Choice of Hercules, Cic. Brut. 8, 30; id. de Or. 3, 32, 128; Quint. 3, 1, 12.—Hence, II. Prŏdĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Prodicus: Prodicius Hercules, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.