proper noun
Gnătho
Meaning
- a parasite in the
Gnătho, ōnis, m., = Γνάθων,
I. a parasite in the Eunuchus of Terence; hence used to denote a parasite in gen., Cic. Lael. 25, 93 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 6, 15; Sid. Ep. 3, 13.—
II. Deriv.: Gnăthōnĭci, ōrum, m., qs. disciples of Gnatho, Gnathonites, i. e. parasites, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 33.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Gnathō ōnis, m
the name of a parasite, T.— Hence, a parasite.
In English words that came into English from Gnătho
- gnathonicGnathōnicus