Amyntas

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

Ămyntas, ae, m., = Ἀμύντας.

I The father of the Macedonian king Philip , Nep. Reg. 2; Just. 7, 4.

II —Hence, Ămyntĭă-dēs , ae, m. patr. , a descendant of Amyntas , i. e. Philip , Ov. Ib. 297.—

II Name of a shepherd , Verg. E. 3, 66.