Perillus
From LSJ
τίς τὸν πλανήτην Οἰδίπουν καθ' ἡμέραν τὴν νῦν σπανιστοῖς δέξεται δωρήμασιν → who on this day shall receive Oedipus the wanderer with scanty gifts
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pĕrillus: i, m., = Πέριλλος,
I a famous Athenian worker in metal, who made a brazen bull for the tyrant Phalaris, in which criminals were to be enclosed and roasted to death, and was the first that suffered in this manner, Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 212; Prop. 2, 25, 12; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—Hence,
II Pĕrillēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Perillus, Perillean (poet.), Ov. Ib. 439.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pĕrillus,¹⁵ ī, m. (Πέριλλος), Athénien qui inventa pour Phalaris le fameux taureau d’airain ; le tyran en fit l’essai sur l’inventeur lui-même : Prop. 2, 25, 12 ; Ov. Ars 1, 653 ; Plin. 34, 89
