Poliorcetes

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

Pŏlĭorcētes, ae, m., = Πολιορκητής (the besieger or stormer of cities),

a surname of Demetrius , king of Macedonia (cf.: Demetrius expugnator), Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126; Sen. Ep. 9, 15; Vitr. 10, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 10; 24, 2, 18.