LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Lāgus

Meaning

  1. the father of Ptolemy I. king of Egypt

Lāgus, i, m.,
I. the father of Ptolemy I. king of Egypt: regia Lagi, Luc. 10, 527: famosa moenia Lagi, Juv. 6, 83: flumina Lagi, i. e. Nilus, Sil. 17, 592.—Hence,
II. Lāgēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lagus, Lagian, poet. for Egyptian: Nilus, Luc. 1, 684; cf. amnis, Sil. 1, 196: litora, Mart. 10, 26, 4: ratis, Sil. 10, 322.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyLagusLagus (Λάγος). 1. The father, or reputed father, of Ptolemy, the founder of the Egyptian monarchy. He married Arsinoe, a concubine of Philip of Macedo…

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What does Lāgus mean in Latin?
Lāgus, a proper noun, means “the father of Ptolemy I. king of Egypt”.