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proper noun

Poeas

Meaning

  1. the father of Philoctetes

Poeas (Paeas), antis, m., = Ποίας,
I. the father of Philoctetes, Ov. M. 9, 233; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1603; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,
A. Poeantĭădes (Paeant-), ae, m., the son of Pœas, i. e. Philoctetes, Ov. M. 13, 313. —
B. Poeantĭus (Paeant-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pœas, Pœantian: Poeantia proles, i. e. Philoctetes, Ov. M. 13, 45; also: heros, id. R. Am. 111; and absol. Poeantius, id. Tr. 5, 1, 61.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyPoeasPoeas (Ποίας), a son of Phylacus or Thaumacus, and husband of Methone, by whom he became the father of Philoctetes (Hom. Od. 3.190; Enstath. ad Horn. …

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What does Poeas mean in Latin?
Poeas, a proper noun, means “the father of Philoctetes”.