Phileteus

Phĭlētas, ae, m., = Philêtas, a Greek elegiac poet of Cos, an instructor of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 58.—Hence,

II.

Phĭlētēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Philetas, Philetean:

Philetea aqua,

i. e. elegiac poetry, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 52:

Philetei corymbi,

id. 4 (5), 6, 3.