LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Ăpelles

Meaning

  1. a distinguished Greek painter in the time of Alexander the Great

Ăpelles, is (voc. Apella, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 101, as if from the Doric Ἀπελλᾶς), m., = Ἀπελλῆς,
I. a distinguished Greek painter in the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 10; Cic. Brut. 18, 70; id. Off. 3, 2, 10; id. Fam. 1, 9; Prop. 4, 8, 11 al.—Hence, ăpellēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Apelles: opus, Mart. 7, 83: tabulae, Prop. 1, 2, 22 al.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyApellesApelles (Ἀπελλῆς), the most celebrated of Grecian painters, was born, most probably, at Colophon in Ionia (Suidas, s. v.), though Pliny (35.36.10) and…

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What does Ăpelles mean in Latin?
Ăpelles, a proper noun, means “a distinguished Greek painter in the time of Alexander the Great”.