Phĭloctēta or Phĭloctētes, ae (corrupted form Philotes, ētis, Inscr. Grut. 42, 7), m., = Φιλοκτήτης,
I son of Poeas of Thessaly , celebrated as an archer , a companion of Hercules , who at his death gave him the poisoned arrows without which Troy could not be taken. On account of the stench proceeding from his wounded foot , he was left by the Greeks on the isle of Lemnos , but was afterwards taken by Ulysses to Troy , where Machaon healed his wound , and he slew Paris , Hyg. Fab. 102 Ov. M. 13, 313 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; id. Fin. 2, 29, 94; id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 4; Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41.
II —Hence, Phĭloctētaeus , a, um, adj., = Φιλοκτηταῖος, of or belonging to Philoctetes , Philoctetaean : clamor, Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94.