proper nounĬāpisIAPIS☆ KeepMeaningthe physician of ÆneasLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879IAPISLEWIS & SHORTIAPISĬāpis, ĭdis, m., I. the physician of Æneas, Verg. A. 12, 391; Aus. Epigr. 19.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyIapisIapis. or, as Heinsius proposes to read, Iapyx, was a son of Iasus, and a favourite of Apollo, who wanted to confer upon him the gift of prophecy, the…