Philoctetes
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name of historical usage.
Example
More examples""Locrians of Narycos her towns contain. / There fierce Idomeneus from Crete brought o'er / his troops to vex the Sallentinian plain; / there, girt with walls and guarded by the power / of Philoctetes, stands Petelia's tiny tower.""
Etymology
Latin Philoctētēs, from Ancient Greek Φιλοκτήτης (Philoktḗtēs).