LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Chrestus

Meaning

  1. A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius

Chrestus, i, m.
I. A mutilated form for Christus, Lact. 4, 7, 5; hence, Chrestiani, instead of Christiani, was used by many; cf. Tert. Apol. 3 fin.—
II. A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius, Suet. Claud. 15; v. the commentt. in h. l.—
III. A slave or freedman of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1.

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Biography & mythologyChrestusChrestus (Χρῆστος), of Byzantium, a distinguished scholar of Herodes Atticus, lived in the second century of the Christian aera, and taught rhetoric a…

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What does Chrestus mean in Latin?
Chrestus, a proper noun, means “A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius”.