physiognomon

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κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

physĭognōmon: ŏnis, m., = φυσιογνώμων (a knower of nature; hence, one who knows a person's character from his features),
I a physiognomist: Zopyrus physiognomon, qui se profitebatur hominum mores naturasque ex corpore, oculis, vultu, fronte pernoscere, Cic. Fat. 5, 10; cf.: naturam cujusque ex formā perspicere, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

phўsĭognōmōn, ŏnis (φυσιογνώμων), m., physionomiste : Cic. Fato 10 [v. Tusc. 4, 80 ].