Phĭlētas, ae, m., = Φιλήτας,
I a Greek elegiac poet of Cos , an instructor of Ptolemy Philadelphus , Prop. 3 (4), 1, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 58.—Hence,
II Phĭlētēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Philetas , Philetean : Philetea aqua, i. e. elegiac poetry , Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 52: Philetei corymbi, id. 4 (5), 6, 3.