Serapio

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

Sĕrāpĭo or -on, ōnis, m., = Σεραπίων.

1 The name of an Egyptian ambassador to Rome , Caes. B. C. 3, 109.—

2 A geographer of Antioch , Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; 2, 6, 1.—

3 In Rome, as a name for slaves; thus, of a servant of Atticus , Cic. Att. 10, 17, 1.—

4 A nickname of P. Cornel. Scipio Nasica, consul 616 A. U. C., Liv. Epit. 55; Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54; Val. Max. 9, 14, 3; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—

5 A Greek physician , Cels. 5, 28, 17 al.—

6 A Stoic of Hierapolis , Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

7 A Greek painter , Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113.