Hipponax
From LSJ
σκῆπτρον χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον → sceptre pierced with golden studs, staff studded with golden nails
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hippōnax: actis, m., = Ἱππώναξ,
I a Greek poet of Ephesus, who wrote in iambics, celebrated for the bitterness of his satires, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12. —
II Deriv.: Hippōnactēus, a, um, adj., of Hipponax, in the style of Hipponax, Hipponactean: praeconium, i. e. a bitter, biting poem (of Licinius Calvus), Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1.—Subst.: Hippōnacteus, i, m. (sc. versus), the sort of iambic verse invented by Hipponax: senarios et Hipponacteos effugere vix possumus, Cic. Or. 56, 189.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Hippōnax, actis, m. (Ἱππῶναξ), poète satirique d’Éphèse : Cic. Nat. 3, 91.
