aleator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aleator, aleatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dice-player, gambler;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...omnia. TRACH. Oh, Neptune lepide, salve, nec te aleator nullus est sapientior; profecto nimis lepide iecisti bolum: periurum..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...arcana modo raptus e popina, aedilem rogat udus aleator. Saturnalia transiere tota, nec munuscula parua nec minora misisti..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...deduci species solent, ut si ponatur adulter caecus, aleator pauper, petulans senex. Habent autem nonnumquam etiam defensionem..."