physiognomon

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

physĭognōmon, ŏnis, m., = φυσιογνώμων (a knower of nature; hence, one who knows a person's character from his features),

a physiognomist : Zopyrus physiognomon, qui se profitebatur hominum mores naturasque ex corpore, oculis, vultu, fronte pernoscere, Cic. Fat. 5, 10; cf.: naturam cujusque ex formā perspicere, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.

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