Neoptolemus

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

Nĕoptŏlĕmus, i, m., = Νεοπτόλεμος.

I The son of Achilles, also called Pyrrhus , Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 257; id. Lael. 20, 75; Verg. A. 2, 263.—Hence,

B The name of a tragedy of Ennius, the hero of which was Neoptolemus , Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; id. Tusc. 2, 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 37, 156; Gell. 5, 15, 9; 5, 16, 5; Ap. Mag. p. 281 (Vahl. and Rib. put these passages under Incerti Nominis Reliquiae). —

II One of Alexander's generals, who was defeated by Eumenes , Nep. Eum. 4, 1.