Thersites

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Θερσίτης, -ου, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Thersītes: ae, m., = Θερσίτης,>
I a Greek before Troy, famous for his ugliness and scurrility, Ov. M. 13, 233; id. P. 3, 9, 10; Juv. 11, 31.—Hence, a contemptible person, Juv. 8, 269; and for a calumniator, reviler, Sen. Ira, 3, 23, 3.