Pălaemon, ŏnis, m., = Παλαίμων.
I A sea-god , formerly called Melicerta, the son of Athamas and Ino : O Palaemon, sancte Neptuni comes, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 70; Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 39; Verg. A. 5, 823; Ov. M. 4, 542; id. H. 17, 159.—Hence,
B Pălae-mŏnĭus , a, um, of or belonging to the seagod Palaemon , poet. for Corinthian , Stat. Th. 2, 380: Palaemoniae coronae, won at the Isthmian games , which were celebrated in honor of Palaemon , Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 289.—
II Remmius Palaemon, a Roman grammarian in the time of Tiberius and Claudius , Quint. 1, 4, 20; 1, 5, 60; Suet. Gram. 23; Juv. 6, 451; 7, 215; Pers. 2, 86.—
III A shepherd , Verg. E. 3, 50.