noun greek

Hŏmērŏmastix

gen. Hŏmērŏmastīgis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

= Ὁμηρομάστιξ (Homer's scourge)

the censurer of Homer

the censurer of Homer.

Lit., an epithet given to the critic Zoilus, Vitr. 7 praef.—

a censorious person by extension

Transf., in gen., a censorious person: ut obiter caveam istos Homeromastigas, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 28.

Perseus ID: n20859 Key: Homeromastix