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† zōpissa, ae, f., = ζώπισσα, pitch mixed with wax, which was scraped off from ships, Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 56; 24, 7, 26, § 41.

† zōpyron, i, n., = ζωπυρόν, a plant, called also clinopodion, Plin. 24, 15, 87, § 137.

Zōpyrus, i, m., = Ζώπυρος.

  1. I. A celebrated physiognomist, Cic. Fat. 5, 10; id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.
  2. II. A Persian noble, who mutilated himself and thereby helped to conquer Babylon, Just. 1, 10, 15.
  3. III. A rhetorician, Quint. 3, 6, 3.
    Hence, perh.,
      1. 1. Zōpyrion, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 210, 28.
      2. 2. Zōpyriātim, adv., in the manner of Zopyrus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 455, 17.