Thersites

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

Thersītes, ae, m., = Θερσίτης,

a Greek before Troy , famous for his ugliness and scurrility , Ov. M. 13, 233; id. P. 3, 9, 10; Juv. 11, 31.—Hence, a contemptible person , Juv. 8, 269; and for a calumniator , reviler , Sen. Ira, 3, 23, 3.

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