Perillus

Perillus
Pĕrillus, i, m., = Perillos, 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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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