Nepos, Cornelius, Roman historian, born at Pavia; was a contemporary and friend of Cicero; was the author of several historical works, no longer extant, and the one still extant ascribed to him, entitled “De Viris Illustribus,” is believed to be an abridgment of an earlier work by him.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Nepenthe * Neptune