Zopyrus
From LSJ
ἕτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφός τό τε πάλαι τό τε νῦν → one gets his skill from another, now as in days of old
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ζώπυρος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Zōpyrus: i, m., = Ζώπυρος.
I A celebrated physiognomist, Cic. Fat. 5, 10; id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.—
II A Persian noble, who mutilated himself and thereby helped to conquer Babylon, Just. 1, 10, 15.—
III A rhetorician, Quint. 3, 6, 3.—Hence, perh.,
1 Zōpyrion, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 210, 28.—
2 Zōpyriātim, adv., in the manner of Zopyrus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 455, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Zōpўrus, ī, m. (Ζώπυρος),
1 nom d’un célèbre physionomiste du temps de Socrate : Cic. Tusc. 4, 80
2 nom d’un Perse qui se mutila pour livrer Babylone à Darius : Just. 1, 10, 15
3 orateur de Clazomène : Quint. 3, 6, 3.
