Apella

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

Ăpella, ae, m.

I The name of a Roman freedman , Cic. Att. 12, 19; id. Fam. 7, 25; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17.—

II The name of a credulous Jew who lived in the time of Horace; hence, appellative for a credulous man , Hor. S. 1, 5, 100.