Homeromastix

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

Hŏmērŏmastix, īgis, m., = Ὁμηρομάστιξ (Homer's scourge), 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.