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proper noun

Nauplĭus

Meaning

  1. a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to death before Troy, he made false signal-fires on the shores of Eubœa as the Greeks were returning homewa

Nauplĭus, ii, m., = Ναύπλιος,
I. a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to death before Troy, he made false signal-fires on the shores of Eubœa as the Greeks were returning homeward, and led them to shipwreck upon the rocks: Nauplius ultores sub noctem porrigit ignes, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115. cf. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 260; Hyg. Fab. 116: Nauplii mala, Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,
II. Nauplĭădes, ae, m., = Ναυπλιάδης, the son of Nauplius, i. e. Palamedes, Ov. M. 13, 39; 310; id. Ib. 621.
nauplĭus, ii, m., = ναύπλιος,
I. a kind of shell-fish, which sails in its shell as in a ship, Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; v. naviger.

In English words that came into English from Nauplĭus

  • naupliusNauplĭus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyNaupliusNauplius. 3. A king of Euboea, and father of Palamedes, Oeax and Nausimedon, either by Clymene or Philyra or Hesione (Apollod. 2.1.4). Clymene was a d…

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What does Nauplĭus mean in Latin?
Nauplĭus, a proper noun, means “a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to death before Troy, he made false signal-fires on the shores of Eubœa as the Greeks were returning homewa”.