Ăpelles, is (voc. Apella, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 101, as if from the Doric Ἀπελλᾶς), m., = Ἀπελλῆς, a distinguished Greek painter in the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 10; Cic. Brut. 18, 70; id. Off. 3, 2, 10; id. Fam. 1, 9; Prop. 4, 8, 11 al.
Hence, Ăpellēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Apelles: opus, Mart. 7, 83: tabulae, Prop. 1, 2, 22 al.