Euphorbus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Euphorbus, i, m., = Εὔφορβος.

I Son of Panthus , a brave Trojan , whose soul Pythagoras asserted had descended to himself , through the process of transmigration , Ov. M. 15, 161; Gell. 4, 11 fin.

II A celebrated Greek physician , after whom was named the plant euphorbea; cf. Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16.