Zoilus

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Εἰ μὴ φυλάσσεις μίκρ', ἀπολεῖς τὰ μείζονα → Maiora perdes, minima ni servaveris → Wer Kleines nicht erhält, verliert das Größre auch

Menander, Monostichoi, 172

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Zōĭlus: i, m., = Ζώιλος,
I a severe critic in the time of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, a censurer of Homer (hence called Ὁμηρομάστιξ, Homeromastix), Vitr. 7 praef.— Transf., of a censorious person, Ov. R. Am. 366; Mart. 11, 37, 1.