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
- T
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..."- M
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..."