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Nĕoptŏlĕmus , i, m., = Νεοπτόλεμος.
I. The son of Achilles, also called Pyrrhus, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 257; id. Lael. 20, 75; Verg. A. 2, 263.—Hence,
B. The name of a tragedy of Ennius, the hero of which was Neoptolemus, Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; id. Tusc. 2, 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 37, 156; Gell. 5, 15, 9; 5, 16, 5; App. Mag. p. 281 (Vahl. and Rib. put these passages under Incerti Nominis Reliquiae). —
II. One of Alexander's generals, who was defeated by Eumenes, Nep. Eum. 4, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.263
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.37
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.63
    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 4.1
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.18
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 20
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.15.9
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.16.5
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