LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Pălămēdes

Meaning

  1. son of Nauplius

Pălămēdes, is, m., = Παλαμήδης,
I. son of Nauplius, king of Eubœa, who lost his life before Troy, through the artifices of Ulysses, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Off. 3, 26, 98; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28. He is said, by observing the flight of cranes, to have invented the letters Θ, Ξ, Φ, Χ, acc. to others the letters Υ and Δ, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192; Mart. 13, 75, 2.—Hence,
A. Pălămēdēus, a, um, adj., Palamedean, Manil. 4, 206.—
B. Pă-lămēdĭăcus, a, um, adj., Palamedic: Palamediaci calculi, the counters in the game of draughts which Palamedes invented, Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—
C. Pălămēdĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Palamedic, Aus. Techn. de Monosyll. 25.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyPalamedesPalamedes (Πναλαμήδης), a son of Nauplius and Clymene, the daughter of Atreus (or Catreus, Tzetz. ad Lyc. 384), and brother of Oeax. He joined the Gre…

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What does Pălămēdes mean in Latin?
Pălămēdes, a proper noun, means “son of Nauplius”.