Polycrates

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

Pŏlycrătes, is, m., = Πολυκράτης,

a prince of Samos , and friend of Amasis , celebrated for his good fortune , but at last crucified by the Persian governor Oroetes , Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext. — Gr. acc. in -en, Quint. 2, 17, 4.