grassate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →grassor, grassari, grassatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
march on, advance; roam in search of victims, prowl; proceed; run riot;
voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...catenatae siluit compago tabernae. interdum et ferro subitus grassator agit rem: armato quotiens tutae custode tenentur et Pomptina..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...miles, sive ille planus fuit sive nocturnus grassator, et: "Quid tu, inquit, commilito, ex qua legione..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...facturi promittimus, nedum si ab homine occidendo grassator avertendus sit aut hostis pro salute patriae fallendus: XXXIX..."