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|lshtext=<b>Prŏcrustes</b>: ae, m., = Προκρούστης,<br /><b>I</b> a [[noted]] [[highwayman]] in [[Attica]]. He had a [[bed]] [[upon]] [[which]] he compelled travellers to [[lie]] [[down]]; [[when]] [[they]] were [[longer]] [[than]] the [[bed]] he [[cut]] [[off]] as [[much]] of [[their]] limbs as would [[suffice]] to [[make]] the [[length]] [[equal]]; and [[when]] [[they]] were shorter he stretched [[them]] [[out]] to its [[length]]. He [[was]] [[slain]] by [[Theseus]]: vidit et immitem Cephisias ora Procrusten, Ov. M. 7, 438: [[torvus]], id. H. 2, 69; Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 1; cf. Hyg. Fab. 38. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Προκρούστης, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prŏcrustes: ae, m., = Προκρούστης,
I a noted highwayman in Attica. He had a bed upon which he compelled travellers to lie down; when they were longer than the bed he cut off as much of their limbs as would suffice to make the length equal; and when they were shorter he stretched them out to its length. He was slain by Theseus: vidit et immitem Cephisias ora Procrusten, Ov. M. 7, 438: torvus, id. H. 2, 69; Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 1; cf. Hyg. Fab. 38.
