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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

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|lshtext=<b>Hŏmērŏmastix</b>: īgis, m., = [[Ὁμηρομάστιξ]]> ([[Homer]]'s [[scourge]]),<br /><b>I</b> the [[censurer]] of [[Homer]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., an epithet given to the [[critic]] [[Zoilus]], Vitr. 7 praef.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., a [[censorious]] [[person]]: ut [[obiter]] caveam istos Homeromastigas, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 28.
|lshtext=<b>Hŏmērŏmastix</b>: īgis, m., = [[Ὁμηρομάστιξ]] ([[Homer]]'s [[scourge]]),<br /><b>I</b> the [[censurer]] of [[Homer]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., an epithet given to the [[critic]] [[Zoilus]], Vitr. 7 praef.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., a [[censorious]] [[person]]: ut [[obiter]] caveam istos Homeromastigas, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 28.
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Hŏmērŏmastix: īgis, m., = Ὁμηρομάστιξ (Homer's scourge),
I the censurer of Homer.
I Lit., an epithet given to the critic Zoilus, Vitr. 7 praef.—
II Transf., in gen., a censorious person: ut obiter caveam istos Homeromastigas, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 28.