grassatorum
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;
gen. pl. perf. part.gen. pl. perf. part. - Entry →grassator, grassatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
vagabond; footpad, highway robber;
gen. pl.
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...provexit, cum ob id culparetur, professus palam, si grassatorum et sicariorum ope in tuenda sua dignitate usus esset..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...illo nobis exsecrabili reddidisti! Vidimus delatorum iudicium, quasi grassatorum quasi latronum. Non solitudinem illi, non iter, sed templum..."