Protesilaus

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

Prōtĕsĭlāus, i, m., = Πρωτεσίλαος,

I a son of Iphiclus , a native of Phylace in Thessaly , the husband of Laodamia , and the leader of the Thessalians against Troy , where he was the first man killed , Ov. M. 12, 68; Prop. 1, 19, 7; Mel. 2, 2; Hyg. Fab. 103 sq.—Hence,

II Prōtĕsĭlāēus , a, um, adj., Protesilaean : domus, Cat. 68, 74.