Homeromastix

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.