Nĕāpŏlis, is, f., = Νεάπολις (Newtown).
I A celebrated maritime city in Campania, a colony of the Cumaeans, called by the early Romans Novapolis, now Napoli, Naples , Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62; Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.; Cic. Balb. 24, 55; id. Rab. Post. 10, 26: otiosa, Hor. Epod. 5, 43: docta, Mart. 5, 78, 14: hospita Musis, Sil. 12, 31.—Hence,
1 Nĕāpŏlītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Naples, Neapolitan : piscinae, Varr. ap. Non. 543, 33: ager, Plin. 17, 17, 26, § 122: mala cotonea, id. 15, 11, 10, § 38.—
b Subst.
α Nĕāpŏlītānum , i, n., a villa near Naples; of Pompey, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 5; of Lucullus, id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 3, 9; of Pontius, id. Att. 14, 21, 3.—
β Nĕāpŏlītāni , ōrum, m., the Neapolitans , Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1; id. Off. 1, 10, 33; id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86.—
2 Nĕāpŏlītes , ae, m., a Neapolitan : Dion, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8.—
3 Nĕā-pŏlītis , ĭdis, f., a (female) Neapolitan : meretrix, Afran. ap. Non. 318, 6.—
II A city in Zeugitana , now Nabal , Mel. 1, 7; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24; Auct. B. Afr. 2.—
III The fourth quarter of the city of Syracuse , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; Liv. 25, 25, 5.