Sisenna
From LSJ
πωγωνοτροφία φιλόσοφoν οὐ ποιεῖ → a long beard does not make the philosopher
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sīsenna: ae, m.,
I a Roman surname.
I L. Cornehus, a celebrated Roman historian, born about A.U.C. 635, author of a Roman history (Historiae). He preceded Sallust, who took him as a model, Cic. Brut. 64, 228; id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; Sall. J. 95, 2; Ov. Tr. 2, 443; v. the fragments, Krause, Vit. et Fragm. Hist. Rom. p. 303 sq.—
II The name of a notorious slanderer in Rome, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Sīsenna,¹² æ, m., surnom rom.; nott L. Cornélius Sisenna, orateur et historien latin, contemporain de Cicéron : Cic. Br. 228 ; Leg. 1, 7 ; Sall. J. 96, 2 || autres du même nom : Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 1.
