Dictionaries :: Ampliatus

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ampliatus:

am-pli-a'-tus (Ampliatos, Codex Sinaiticus, A, B, F, Ampliatus; Amplias, D, E, L, P, the Revised Version (British and American) form; the King James Version Amplias): The name of a member of the Christian community at Rome, to whom Paul sent greetings (Ro 16:8). He is designated "my beloved in the Lord." It is a common name and is found in inscriptions connected with the imperial household. The name is found twice in the cemetery of Domitilla. The earlier inscription is over a cell which belongs to the end of the 1st century or the beginning of the 2nd century. The bearer of this name was probably a member of her household and conspicuous in the early Christian church in Rome.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ampliatus:

(in the Revised Version) (Romans 16:8). (The full name of which AMPLIAS, above, is the contraction. The name in this form is "common in the sepulchral inscriptions of persons connected with Caesar's household." (A.D. 55-ED.)