Definition of Harpocrates
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Orthography ID = 2025025
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LNS
Harpocratēs, Harpocratis
Harpocrates
Ἁρποκράτης
noun (m., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. The Egyptian god of silence, represented with his finger on his mouth
  2. a Greek philosopher, who enjoined silence respecting the nature of the gods
  3. a silent person
Abbreviations
Harpocratēs, is, m., = Ἁρποκράτης, The Egyptian god of silence, represented with his finger on his mouth; acc. to others, a Greek philosopher, who enjoined silence respecting the nature of the gods, Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Mull. N. cr. (cf. Ov. M. 9, 692).

—* Transf., a silent person, Cat. 74, 4.
 
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