Philemo

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

Phĭlēmo or -on, ŏnis, m., = Φιλήμων.

I A Greek comic poet , a native of Soli , in Cilicia , and a contemporary of Menander , Plaut. Trin. prol. 10; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 72; Gell. 17, 4, 1; Ap. Flor. 3, p. 353.—

II An historian , Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 95.—

III In mythology, a pious rustic , the husband of Baucis , Ov. M. 8, 631 sq.