captatores
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;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- D
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...promiseras, cum pecunia tua et familia non venit. Captatores iam exhausti liberalitatem imminuerunt. Itaque aut fallor, aut fortuna..."