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LNS

gymnosophista, gymnosophistae

gymnosophistae

γυμνοσοφισταί

Mostly Plural

noun (m., 1^st declension)

Indian ascetics, gymnosophists, a sect of hermits who disregarded the decencies of life

Abbreviations

gymnosophistae, ārum, m., = γυμνοσοφισταί (naked philosophers), Indian ascetics, gymnosophists, a sect of hermits who disregarded the decencies of life, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; App. Flor. p. 351; Prud. Ham. 404 al.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; Val. Max. 3, 3 ext. 6.