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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=accusator accusatoris N M :: [[accuser]], [[prosecutor at trial]]; [[plaintiff]]; [[informer]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>accūsātor</b>: ōris, m. id., orig.<br /><b>I</b> one [[who]] calls [[another]] to [[account]]; [[hence]], transferred to [[public]] [[life]], an [[accuser]], a [[plaintiff]], esp. in a [[state]]-[[offence]] ([[while]] [[petitor]] signifies a [[plaintiff]] in [[private]] causes; [[yet]] [[accusator]] is [[often]] used for [[every]] [[kind]] of [[accuser]], and [[then]] includes the [[petitor]], v. [[accuso]] no. II. A.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[very]] freq.): accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore [[appello]], Cic. Part. Or. 32, 110: possumus petitoris personam capere, accusatoris deponere? id. Quint. 13 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 1, 36: accusatores multos esse in civitate utile est, ut metu contineatur [[audacia]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 20: acres [[atque]] acerbi, id. Brut. 36: [[vehemens]] et [[molestus]], id. ib. 34 fin.: graves, voluntarii, id. Leg. 3, 20, 47: [[firmus]] verusque, id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29 al.: eundem accusatorem capitis sui ac judicem esse, Liv. 8, 32, 9: ita [[ille]] [[imprudens]] [[ipse]] [[suus]] fuit [[accusator]], Nep. Lys. 4, 3: [[graviter]] eos accusat [[quod]], etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5: accusatores tui, Vulg. Act. 23, 35; 25, 18 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp., in silv. [[age]], an [[informer]], a denouncer (= [[delator]]): accusatorum denuntiationes, Suet. Aug. 66; so Juv. 1, 161.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>accūsātŏr</b>,⁸ ōris, m., accusateur, celui qui [[intente]] une accusation ; accusateur de métier : Cic. de Or. 2, 220 ; Br. 131 ; Off. 2, 50 &#124;&#124; délateur : Tac. H. 4, 44 ; Ann. 2, 28, etc.||délateur : Tac. H. 4, 44 ; Ann. 2, 28, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=accūsātor, ōris, m. ([[accuso]]), der Anschuldiger, [[Beschuldiger]], I) im allg., Nep. Lys. 4, 3. – II) insbes. a) der öffentliche [[Kläger]], Ankläger, [[selten]] in Zivilsachen, [[wie]] Cic. part. or. 110; gew. in Kriminalsachen (Ggstz. [[reus]] od. [[defensor]] od. [[patronus]] od. [[petitor]] [der [[Kläger]] in Zivilsachen]), acc. [[sat]] [[bonus]], Cic.: alqm accusatorem apponere, Cic.: accusatorem parare, alci od. in alqm comparare, Cic.: accusatorem constituere ([[aufstellen]]), Cic.: accusatorem instituere, Cic.: accusatores instruere et subornare, Cic.: crimina et accusatorem moliri, Tac.: accusatorem subdere, Tac.: eundem accusatorem capitis [[sui]] ac iudicem [[esse]], Liv. – b) der heimliche Ankläger, der [[Angeber]], [[Denunziant]] ([[delator]]), Iuven. 1, 161. Suet. Aug. 66, 2. – III) übh., der Ankläger = [[Tadler]], [[Socrates]] [[morum]] vitiorumque publicorum [[accusator]] acerrimus fuit, Lact. 5, 9, 19.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=accusator, oris. m. :: [[原吿]]。[[责罰者]]
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