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Homeromastix

From LSJ

Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

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.