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noun

Zōĭlus

gen. Zōĭli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
a severe critic in the time of; a censurer of Homer; a censorious person by extension
a severe critic in the time of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, a censurer of Homer (hence called Ὁμηρομάστιξ, Homeromastix), Vitr. 7 praef.— Transf., of a censorious person, Ov. R. Am. 366; Mart. 11, 37, 1.
Perseus ID: n51568 Key: Zoilus