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Patroclus

Patroclus · m

Son of Menœtius and Sthenele

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Where it lives

Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Pā^trō^clus — Lewis & Short

Pā^trō^clus, i (collat. form Pā^trĭcŏ-les, is, Enn. ap. m., = *pa/troklos and *patroklh=s.

Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; cf. Enn. p. 92 Vahl.—Gr. acc. Patroclon, Prop. 2, 8, 33 Müll.; al. Patroclen),

I Son of Menœtius and Sthenele, the friend of Achilles, slain in single combat by Hector, Hyg. Fab. 97; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73 al.—

II A man, otherwise unknown, from whom the Patroclianae sellae (i. e. latrinae) take their name, Mart. 12, 77, 9.—

III The name of an elephant of king Antiochus, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 12.

In the wild

Patroclus Ovid, Ex Ponto 1.3.73
Patroclus Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.7.11
Patroclus Statius, Achilleis 1.175
Patroclus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 34.8.p2

Where it came from

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