Smerdis

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

Smerdis, is, m.

I A brother of Cambyses , king of Persia , by whom he was put to death , Just. 1, 9, 4.—

II An impostor named Oropastes , who assumed the name of Smerdis after the death of Cambyses , Just. 1, 9, §§ 9, 10.