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
- G
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..." - G
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..."