Stentor

Stentor, ŏris, m., = Στέντωρ,

• a Greek warrior in the army before Troy, celebrated for the strength of his lungs, Juv. 13, 112.
• —Hence, Stentŏrĕus, a, um, adj., Stentorian, i.e. loud-sounding: vagitus, Arn. 2, 97.

Stentōr, oris, Akk. ora, m. (Στέντωρ), ein Grieche vor Troja, der so stark schreien konnte, wie fünfzig zusammen, Iuven. 13, 112.

Stentōr, (16) ŏris, m. (Στέντωρ), Stentor [héros de lʼIliade dont la voix, selon Homère, était aussi puissante que celle de 50 hommes criant à la fois] : Juv. 13, 112 ; Stentoris portus Plin. 4, 43, port aux bouches de lʼHèbre || -rĕus, a, um, de Stentor : Arn. 2, 97.

stentor, oris. m.
將軍名。其聲大于五十人。

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Stentor

(Στέντωρ), a herald of the Greeks at Troy, whose voice was as loud as that of fifty other men together. His name has become proverbial for any one who screams or shouts with an unusually loud voice. (Hom. Il. 5.783; Juven. Sat. 13.112.) [L.S]

Stentor

(Στέντωρ). A herald of the Greeks in the Trojan War, whose voice was as loud as that of fifty other men together, so that his name has become proverbial for any loud-voiced person (Il. v. 783; Juv. xiii. 112).