Nĕāpŏlis — Lewis & Short
Nĕāpŏlis, is, f., = *nea/polis (Newtown).
I A celebrated maritime city in Campania, a colony of the Cumæans, called by the early Romans Novapolis, now Napoli, Naples, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62; Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.; Cic. Balb. 24, 55; id. Rab. Post. 10, 26:
otiosa,Hor. Epod. 5, 43:
docta,Mart. 5, 78, 14:
hospita Musis,Sil. 12, 31.—Hence,
1 Nĕāpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Naples, Neapolitan: piscinae, Varr. ap. Non. 543, 33:
ager,Plin. 17, 17, 26, § 122:
mala cotonea,id. 15, 11, 10, § 38.—
b Subst.
(a) Nĕāpŏlītānum, i, n., a villa near Naples; of Pompey, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 5;
of Lucullus,id. Ac. 2, 3, 9;
of Pontius,id. Att. 14, 21, 3.—
(b) Nĕāpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the Neapolitans, Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1; id. Off. 1, 10, 33; id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86.—
2 Nĕāpŏlītes, ae, m., a Neapolitan: Dion, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8.—
3 Nĕā-pŏlītis, ĭdis, f., a (female) Neapolitan: meretrix, Afran. ap. Non. 318, 6.—
II A city in Zeugitana, now Nabal, Mel. 1, 7; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24; Auct. B. Afr. 2.—
III The fourth quarter of the city of Syracuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; Liv. 25, 25, 5.