Zopyrus

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.