proper noun
Cŏlax
Meaning
- title of comedies of Menander
Cŏlax, ăcis, m., = Κόλαξ (the Flatterer),
I. title of comedies of Menander, Nœvius, and Plautus; cf. Ter. Eun. prol. 25 and 30.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
colax acis, m
a flatterer: parasitus colax, T.