proper noun
Saūroctŏnos
Meaning
- the lizard-killer
Saūroctŏnos, i, m., = Σαυροκτόνος,
I. the lizard-killer, an epithet of Apollo; hence, Apollo Sauroctonos, a statue by Praxiteles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70; cf.
Corinthius, Mart. 14, 172 in lemm.