LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Prōtăgŏras

Meaning

  1. a celebrated sophist of Abdera

Prōtăgŏras, ae, m., = Πρωταγόρας,
I. a celebrated sophist of Abdera, a disciple of Democritus, and an older contemporary of Socrates; he was banished from Athens on a suspicion of atheism, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2; 1, 23, 63; id. Ac. 2, 46, 142; id. Brut. 8, 30; 12, 46; Gell. 5, 3, 1 sqq.—Hence, Prōtăgŏrīon, ĭi, n., = Πρωταγόρειον, a dictum or maxim of Protagoras, Gell. 5, 11, 1.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyProtagorasProtagoras (Πρωταγόρας), was born at Abdera, according to the concurrent testimony of Plato and several other writers. (Protag. p. 309c., De Rep. x. p…

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What does Prōtăgŏras mean in Latin?
Prōtăgŏras, a proper noun, means “a celebrated sophist of Abdera”.