satiricus
From LSJ
μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσὶν μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων → give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sătĭrĭcus: (on account of the confusion of the Roman Satira with the Greek Satyros, often erroneously written Sătyrĭcus; hence in the
I neutr. even with a Greek ending, Sătyrĭcon; cf. satirographus), a, um, adj. satira, of or belonging to (Roman) satire, satiric, satirical: satirici carminis scriptor, Lact. 2, 4, 3; so, materia, Sid. Ep. 8, 11; Schol. Juv. 1, 168.—Substt.
1 să-tĭrĭcus, i, m., a writer of satires, a satirist, Sid. Ep. 1, 11; 4, 1.—
2 Sătĭrĭcon, i, n., the title of a work of Petronius.
