proper nounNīcēphŏrusNICEPHORVS☆ KeepMeaninga Roman surnameLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879NICEPHORUSLEWIS & SHORTNICEPHORUSNīcēphŏrus, i, m., = Νικηφόρος (who brings victory), I. a Roman surname, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4; Inscr. Murat. 83, 3.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyNicephorusNicephorus. 3. CALLISTUS XANTHOPULUS, the celebrated author of the Ecclesiastical History, was born in the latter part of the thirteenth century, and …