Leucippus

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

Leucippus, i, m., = Λεύκιππος.

I The father of Phoebe and Hilaira, who were carried off by Castor and Pollux , Ov. F. 5, 709.—Hence,

B Leucippis , ĭdis, f., a daughter of Leucippus , Prop. 1, 2, 15: te rapuit Theseus, geminas Leucippidas illi, Ov. H. 16, 327; Hyg. Fab. 80; Lact. 1, 10.—

II A son of Hercules , Hyg. Fab. 162.—

III A Grecian philosopher, a disciple of Zeno the Eleatic , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 37, 118; id. N. D. 1, 24, 66.