Lewis & Short

Smerdis, is, m.

  1. I. A brother of Cambyses, king of Persia, by whom he was put to death, Just. 1, 9, 4.
  2. II. An impostor named Oropastes, who assumed the name of Smerdis after the death of Cambyses, Just. 1, 9, §§ 9, 10.