Perillus
Ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → It is impossible to know the spirit, thought, and mind of any man before he be versed in sovereignty and the laws
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pĕrillus: i, m., = Πέριλλος,
I a famous Athenian worker in metal, who made a brazen bull for the tyrant Phalaris, in which criminals were to be enclosed and roasted to death, and was the first that suffered in this manner, Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 212; Prop. 2, 25, 12; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—Hence,
II Pĕrillēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Perillus, Perillean (poet.), Ov. Ib. 439.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pĕrillus,¹⁵ ī, m. (Πέριλλος), Athénien qui inventa pour Phalaris le fameux taureau d’airain ; le tyran en fit l’essai sur l’inventeur lui-même : Prop. 2, 25, 12 ; Ov. Ars 1, 653 ; Plin. 34, 89 || -lēus, a, um, de Pérille : Ov. Ib. 439.
