Zopyrus

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

Zōpyrus, i, m., = Ζώπυρος.

I A celebrated physiognomist , Cic. Fat. 5, 10; id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.—

II A Persian noble , who mutilated himself and thereby helped to conquer Babylon , Just. 1, 10, 15.—

III A rhetorician , Quint. 3, 6, 3.—Hence, perh.,

1 Zōpyrion , Lucil. ap. Non. p. 210, 28.—

2 Zōpyriātim , adv., in the manner of Zopyrus , Lucil. ap. Non. p. 455, 17.