Phĭlŏpător, ŏris, m., = *filopa/twr (father-loving). I.An appellation of the fourth Ptolemy of Egypt, bestowed upon him in derision, because he had murdered his father and mother, Plin. 7, 56, 57, 208; Just. 29, 1, 5; Arn. 6, 193.—II.A king of Cilicia, Tac. A. 2, 42.—III. With a Latin ending: Phĭlŏpăter, tris, a Roman surname, Inscr. Murat. 1490, 11.