Neápolis, A noble Citie of Campania, set on the borders of the sea, called Mare Mediterraneum, and was first called Parthenope, Of this citie the countreyes of Campania, Apulia, and Calabria, be now called Regnú Neapolitanum, the Realme of Naples. There is also a citie of this name in Affrike, another in Caria.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Nĕāpŏlis, is, f., = *nea/polis (Newtown). I.A celebrated maritime city in Campania, a colony of the Cumæans, called by the early Romans Novapolis, now Napoli, Naples, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, 62; Varr. L. L. 6, 58 Müll.; Cic. Balb. 24, 55; id. Rab. Post. 10, 26: otiosa, Hor. Epod. 5, 43: docta, Mart. 5, 78, 14: hospita Musis, Sil. 12, 31.—Hence, 1. Nĕāpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Naples, Neapolitan: piscinae, Varr. ap. Non. 543, 33: ager, Plin. 17, 17, 26, 122: mala cotonea, id. 15, 11, 10, 38.— b.Subst.(a). Nĕāpŏlītānum, i, n., a villa near Naples; of Pompey, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 5; of Lucullus, id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; of Pontius, id. Att. 14, 21, 3.—(b). Nĕāpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the Neapolitans, Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1; id. Off. 1, 10, 33; id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86.—2. Nĕāpŏlītes, ae, m., a Neapolitan: Dion, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8.—3. Nĕā-pŏlītis, ĭdis, f., a (female) Neapolitan: meretrix, Afran. ap. Non. 318, 6.—II.A city in Zeugitana, now Nabal, Mel. 1, 7; Plin. 5, 4, 3, 24; Auct. B. Afr. 2.—III.The fourth quarter of the city of Syracuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, 119; Liv. 25, 25, 5.