Nepos

American  

[nee-pos, nep-os] / ˈni pɒs, ˈnɛp ɒs /

noun

1. Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c., Roman biographer and historian.

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Nepos British  

/ ˈniːpɒs /

noun

1. Cornelius. ?100–?25 _bc , Roman historian and biographer; author of De Viris illustribus

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Example Sentences

Itaque monear ut dis-cipuli legant, non Shakespeare, sed Caesar, Nepos, aut Vergil discere English grammarem et compositatem.

From Time Magazine Archive

However, his appointment was not recognized by Leo, who nominated Julius Nepos.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Nobody dreamt of such a solution until Dionysius of Alexandria hesitatingly advanced the conjecture in his controversy with Nepos the Chiliast.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner

In Latin literature, the earliest biography we meet with is the fragment of the Illustrious Men of Cornelius Nepos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Nepos, "Miltiades," 4, in any case following Ephorus.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max