proper nounPlōtīnusPLOTINVS☆ KeepMeaninga famous philosopher of the Eclectic schoolLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879PLOTINUSLEWIS & SHORTPLOTINUSPlōtīnus, i, m., = Πλωτῖνος, I. a famous philosopher of the Eclectic school, who flourished in the third century A. D., Amm. 21, 14, 5.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyPlotinusPlotinus (Πλωτῖνος), the originator of the new Platonic system (though not of its fundamental principles), lived so exclusively in speculation, that h…