Sostratus
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sostrătus: i, m., = Σώστρατος,
I a Greek proper name, esp.
1 A sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 51 al.—
2 An architect of Cnidus, who built the tower of Pharos, Plin. 36, 12, 18, § 83.—
3 A surgeon, Cels. 4, 3, 14; 7 praef.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Sōstrătus,¹⁴ ī, m. (Σώστρατος), chirurgien célèbre : Cels. Med. 4, 3, 14 || architecte qui éleva le phare d’Alexandrie : Plin. 36, 83 || un sculpteur : Plin. 34, 51.
