captatore
Dictionary entries
- Entry →captator, captatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
legacy hunter; one who strives to obtain/eagerly reaches for/grasps at/courts;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...cogitat heredem, cariturus turture magno mullorumque iubis et captatore macello. quid fieri non posse putes, si iungitur ulla..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...promiseras, cum pecunia tua et familia non venit. Captatores iam exhausti liberalitatem imminuerunt. Itaque aut fallor, aut fortuna..."
