Alcmaeo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Alcmaeo, Alcmaeon, ŏnis, and Alcmaeus, i, m. (Alcmaeo, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 28:

Alcmaeus, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 30), = Ἀλκμαίων, a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle; in obedience to the command of his father he killed his mother, and on this account was pursued by the Furies, Hyg. Fab. 71; 73 and 245; Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11.—Hence, * Alcmaeŏnĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Alcmaeon : furiae, Prop. 4, 4, 41.