Homeromastix
From LSJ
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Hŏmērŏmastīx, īgis, m. (Ὁμηρομάστιξ), fouet d’Homère [surnom de Zoïle] : Vitr. Arch. 7, præf. || [fig.] critique violent : Plin. præf. 28.
