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Nearchus

Nearchus · m

An admiral of Alexander the Great, who commanded the fleet sent on a voyage of discovery to India, and wrote the…

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Where it lives

De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 6 · 0.81/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

Nĕarchus — Lewis & Short

Nĕarchus, i, m., = *ne/arxos.

I An admiral of Alexander the Great, who commanded the fleet sent on a voyage of discovery to India, and wrote the history of the expedition, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97; Curt. 9, 10, 2; 10, 1, 5; 10, 6, 6 al.—

II A Tarentine, a host of the elder Cato, Cic. Sen. 12, 41.—

III A beautiful youth, Hor. C. 3, 20, 6.

In the wild

Nearcho Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 10.6.12
Nearchi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.11.p12
Nearcho Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 3.3e.3
Nearchum Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 10.4.3
Nearchum Horace, Carmina 3.20
Nearchus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.24.p1

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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