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Zoilus
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Orthography ID = 2063799
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LNS
Zōilus, Zōilī
Zoilus
Ζώιλος
noun (m., 3
rd
Greek declension)
a severe critic in the time of, a censurer of Homer
a censorious person
Abbreviations
Zōilus, i, m.
, = Ζώιλος, 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.