Amphitryo

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

Amphī̆tryo (-ŭo) or ōn, ōnis, m., = Ἀμφιτρύων.

I Son of Alceus and Hipponome , king of Thebes , and husband of Alcmene , Ov. M. 6, 112.

II —Hence, Amphī̆try-ōnĭădēs , ae, patr. m. , a male descendant of Amphitryo , i. e. Hercules , Cat. 68, 112; Ov. M. 9, 140; 15, 49; Verg. A. 8, 214.—

II The name of a comedy of Plautus.