Seleucus

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

Sĕleucus, i, m., = Σέλευκος.

I The name of several kings of Syria; their ancestor, Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great after the latter's death founded the kingdom of the Seleucidae, Just. 13, 4, 17; 15, 4, 1.—

II Name of a servant of Q. Lepta, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1.—

III Name of a player on the cithern , Juv. 10, 24.

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