Prŏcrustes — Lewis & Short
a noted highwayman in Attica. He had a bed upon which he compelled travellers to lie down; when they were longer than…
The corpus record — Latin
Procrustes
Procrustes · m
a noted highwayman in Attica. He had a bed upon which he compelled travellers to lie down; when they were longer than…
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- Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
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- Procrusten Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.438
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