Philadelphus

Phĭlădelphus, i, m., = Φιλάδελφος (loving one's brother or sister), a Grecian and Roman surname.

• I Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, a king of Egypt, Plin. 36, 7, 14, § 67; Gell. 6, 17, 3.—
• II Annius Philadelphus, Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26.—
• III Philadelphus, a slave of Atticus, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2: L. CALPVRNIVS L. L. PHILADELPHVS, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Veron. 274, 9.

Philadelphus, ī, m. (Φιλάδελφος), der Bruderfreund, als Beiname, zB. Annius Phil., Cic. Phil. 13, 26.

Phĭlădelphus, (15) ī, m. (Φιλάδελφος), Philadelphe (qui aime son frère) [surnom dʼun Ptolémée, roi dʼÉgypte] : Plin. 36, 67 || porté aussi par dʼautres personnages : Cic. Phil. 13, 26 ; Att. 1, 11, 2.

Philadelphus

(Φιλάδελφος), a surname of Ptolemaeus II. king of Egypt [Ptolemaeus II.], and of Attalus II. king of Pergamum [Attalus II.].

Philadelphus is also the name of one of the Deipnosophistae in Athenaeus, who calls him a native of Ptolemais, and describes him (i. p. 1) as a distinguished man in philosophical speculation and of an upright life.

Philadelphus , Annius

[Cimber, Annius.]

Philadelphus

See Ptolemaeus II.