phўlăcista (
phўlăcista (phŭlă-), ae, m., = φυλακιστής, a jailer; hence, comic. transf., of a creditor who duns for his money, and makes a prisoner of the debtor by keeping a watch on his house, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 44.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
phўlăcista (
Headword (normalized/stripped):
phуlacista (
Intro Text:
phўlăcista (phŭlă-), ae, m., = φυλακιστής, a jailer; hence, comic. transf., of a creditor who duns for his money, and makes a prisoner of the debtor by keeping a watch on his house, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 44.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n36198
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