Pălămēdes, is, m., = Παλαμήδης,
I son of Nauplius , king of Euboea , who lost his life before Troy , through the artifices of Ulysses , Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Off. 3, 26, 98; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28. He is said, by observing the flight of cranes, to have invented the letters Θ, Ξ, Φ, Χ, acc. to others the letters Υ and Δ, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192; Mart. 13, 75, 2.—Hence,
A Pălămēdēus , a, um, adj., Palamedean , Manil. 4, 206.—
B Pă-lămēdĭăcus , a, um, adj., Palamedic : Palamediaci calculi, the counters in the game of draughts which Palamedes invented , Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—
C Pălămēdĭ-cus , a, um, adj., Palamedic , Aus. Techn. de Monosyll. 25.