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proper noun

Pĕrillus

Meaning

  1. a famous Athenian worker in metal

Pĕrillus, i, m., = Πέριλλος,
I. 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. Pĕrillēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Perillus, Perillean (poet.), Ov. Ib. 439.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyPerillusPerillus (Πέριλλος; the form Περίλαος in Lucian, Phal. l, and the Scholiast to Pindar, Pind. P. 1.185, probably arises from a confusion of A with A), …

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What does Pĕrillus mean in Latin?
Pĕrillus, a proper noun, means “a famous Athenian worker in metal”.