Top Definitions
Quiz
Examples

Chrysippus

[ krahy-sip-uhs, kri- ]

/ kraɪˈsɪp əs, krɪ- /

Save This Word!

noun

280–209? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby Chrysippus

chrysalis, chrysanthemum, chrysarobin, chryselephantine, Chryse Planitia, Chrysippus, Chrysler, chryso-, chrysoberyl, chrysocale, chrysocarpous

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use Chrysippus in a sentence

In the event of his dying within the next three years all his claims were to be transferred to her uncle Chrysippus.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete|Georg Ebers
I ask, then, who interprets her; and hearing that Chrysippus does, I have recourse to him.
The Enchiridion|Epictetus
If this is so, progress is clearly nothing else than knowing a great deal of Chrysippus.
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion|Epictetus
For Chrysippus was of opinion that in the last conflagration of the world all the gods were to die but Jupiter.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete|Michel de Montaigne

The school and sect of Chrysippus deem every man mad, whom vicious folly or the ignorance of truth drives blindly forward.
The Works of Horace|Horace