Harpocrates
From LSJ
Ὁ γράμματ' εἰδὼς καὶ περισσὸν νοῦν ἔχει → Qui litteras didicere, mentis plus habent → Wer schreiben kann, hat auch bedeutenden Verstand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Harpŏcrătēs: is, m., = Ἁρποκράτης,
I The Egyptian god of silence, represented with his finger on his mouth; acc. to others, a Greek philosopher, who enjoined silence respecting the nature of the gods, Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll. N. cr. (cf. Ov. M. 9, 692).—*
II Transf., a silent person, Cat. 74, 4.
