/sip"ee oh', skip"-/ , n.
1. Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major /pub"lee euhs kawr neel"yeuhs, af'ri kay"neuhs, -kan"euhs, -kahn"-/ , ( "Scipio the Elder" ), 237-183 B.C., Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
2. his adopted grandson Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor /ee mil'ee ay"neuhs/ , ( "Scipio the Younger" ), c185-129 B.C., Roman general: besieger and destroyer of Carthage.