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grānum
grăphĭārĭus
grăphĭcē
grăphĭce
grăphĭcus
grăphĭŏlum
grăphis
grăphĭum
grāsŏs
grassātĭo
grassātor
grassātūra
grassor
grātanter
grātātōrĭus
grātē
grātes (usually only in the
grātĭa
Grātiae
Grātĭānŏpŏlis
Grātĭānus
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grassātor
grassātor, ōris, m. id.. A vagabond, idler: poëticae artis honos non erat. Si qui in ea re studebat, aut sese ad convivia applicabat, grassator vocabatur, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.— A disorderly person, one who goes rioting about (esp. at night, whether for fun and enjoyment or for robbery), a rioter, a waylayer, street-robber, footpad: hoc modo viator quoque bene vestitus causa grassatori fuisse dicetur, cur ab eo spoliaretur, Cic. Fat. 15, 34: grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant succincti ferro, Suet. Aug. 32: grassatores et sicarii, id. Caes. 72: nocturni grassatoris insidiosa violentia, Gell. 20, 1, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 38: ferro subitus grassator agit rem, Juv. 3, 305.

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Headword:
grassātor
Headword (normalized):
grassātor
Headword (normalized/stripped):
grassator
IDX:
19906
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n19889
Key:
grassator

Data

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