The traditional name of the rich man in Jesus's parable about the beggar Lazarus (Luke 16:19–31). It came from the Latin term dives, translating a Greek word for “rich” or “wealthy.” Though the parable did not name the rich man, the church accepted this name by the third century. A second-century Egyptian scribe gave him the name “Neves,” meaning “nothing.”
See Lazarus #1.