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Nauplius1

Nauplius1 · m

a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to…

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1. Nauplĭus — Lewis & Short

Nauplĭus, ii, m., = *nau/plios,

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., = *nauplia/dhs, the son of Nauplius, i. e. Palamedes, Ov. M. 13, 39; 310; id. Ib. 621.

2. nauplĭus — Lewis & Short

nauplĭus, ii, m., = nau/plios,

I a kind of shell-fish, which sails in its shell as in a ship, Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; v. naviger.

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nauplius (scan p. 456; entry #7337).

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