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1 Perillus
Pĕrillus, i, m., = Perillos, a famous Athenian worker in metal, who made a brazen bull for the tyrant Phalaris, in which criminals were to be enclosed and roasted to death, and was the first that suffered in this manner, Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 212; Prop. 2, 25, 12; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—Hence,II. -
2 Taurus
1.taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.I.Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —II.Transf.A.A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—B.The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—C.A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—D.A kind of beetle:E.tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,
Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —F.The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.2.Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:3.Tauri Pylae,
a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2. -
3 taurus
1.taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.I.Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —II.Transf.A.A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—B.The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—C.A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—D.A kind of beetle:E.tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,
Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —F.The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.2.Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:3.Tauri Pylae,
a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2. -
4 Perilleus
Pĕrillus, i, m., = Perillos, a famous Athenian worker in metal, who made a brazen bull for the tyrant Phalaris, in which criminals were to be enclosed and roasted to death, and was the first that suffered in this manner, Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 212; Prop. 2, 25, 12; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—Hence,II. -
5 Phalaris
1. I.The plant canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis, Linn.), Plin. 27, 12, 102, § 126.—II. 2.Phălăris, ĭdis (acc. Phalarin, Claud. B. Gild. 186), m., = Phalaris, a tyrant of Agrigentum, for whom Perillus made a brazen bull, in which those condemned by him were to be roasted alive. He caused Perillus to be the first to suffer by it (v. Perillus), but afterwards experienced the same punishment himself at the hands of his exasperated subjects, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26; id. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Juv. 8, 81; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 211; Amm. 28, 1, 26; Claud. B. Gild. 186. -
6 phalaris
1. I.The plant canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis, Linn.), Plin. 27, 12, 102, § 126.—II. 2.Phălăris, ĭdis (acc. Phalarin, Claud. B. Gild. 186), m., = Phalaris, a tyrant of Agrigentum, for whom Perillus made a brazen bull, in which those condemned by him were to be roasted alive. He caused Perillus to be the first to suffer by it (v. Perillus), but afterwards experienced the same punishment himself at the hands of his exasperated subjects, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26; id. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Juv. 8, 81; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 211; Amm. 28, 1, 26; Claud. B. Gild. 186.
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