proper nounCallippŭsCALLIPPVS☆ KeepMeaningthe name of a manLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879CALLIPPUSLEWIS & SHORTCALLIPPUSCallippŭs, i, m., = Κάλλιππος, I. the name of a man, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 71.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyCallippusCallippus. or CALIPPUS (Κάλλιππος or Κάλιππος), an astronomer of Cyzicus. He was a disciple of one of Eudoxus' friends, and followed him to Athens, wh…