alligator
From LSJ
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English
alligator alligatoris N M :: one who ties or binds (to a support)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
allĭgātor: (adl-), ōris, m. id.,
I one who binds to (only in Col.): adligatoris cura, Col. 4, 13, 1; so id. 4, 17, 5; 4, 20, 1; 4, 26, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
alligātor (adligātor), ōris, m. (alligo), der Anbinder, Augustin. de civ. dei 12, 26; de catech. rud. 7. – als t.t. des Landbaues, der Anbinder des Weines, Col. 4, 13, 1 u.ö.
