Sauroctonos

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

Saūroctŏnos, i, m., = Σαυροκτόνος,

the lizard-killer , an epithet of Apollo; hence, Apollo Sauroctonos, a statue by Praxiteles , Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70; cf. Corinthius, Mart. 14, 172 in lemm.