Homeromastix
From LSJ
Καλὸν τὸ θνῄσκειν, οἷς ὕβριν τὸ ζῆν φέρει → Quis foeda vita restat, his pulchrum est mori → Wem das Leben Schmach bringt, dem ist Sterben schön
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hŏmērŏmastix: īgis, m., = Ὁμηρομάστιξ> (Homer's scourge),
I the censurer of Homer.
I Lit., an epithet given to the critic Zoilus, Vitr. 7 praef.—
II Transf., in gen., a censorious person: ut obiter caveam istos Homeromastigas, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 28.
