Patroclus

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

Pā̆trō̆clus, i (collat. form Pā̆trĭcŏ-les, is, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; cf. Enn. p. 92 Vahl.—Gr. acc. Patroclon, Prop. 2, 8, 33 Müll.; al. Patroclen), m., = Πάτροκλος and Πατροκλῆς.

I Son of Menoetius and Sthenele , the friend of Achilles , slain in single combat by Hector , Hyg. Fab. 97; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73 al.—

II A man , otherwise unknown , from whom the Patroclianae sellae (i. e. latrinae) take their name , Mart. 12, 77, 9.—

III The name of an elephant of king Antiochus , Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 12.