delatoribus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delator, delatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
informer, who gives information/reports; accuser/denouncer/who accuses of crime;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...sibi admissum cur cuiquam invisus esset, negavitque se delatoribus aures habere. Spintrias monstrosarum libidinum aegre ne profundo mergeret..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...impunita agebat, dum superfuit pater Lepidus: post a delatoribus corripitur ob servum adulterum, nec dubitabatur de flagitio: ergo..."