1. prōdīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [prodo], treacherous (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 1, 7.
2. Prŏdĭcĭus, a, um, adj., v. Prodicus, II.
Prŏdĭcus, i, m., = Πρόδικος,
- I. 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.