calumniator
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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Ar. and P. συκοφάντης, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
călumnĭātor: (kălumnĭātor; v. the foreg.), ōris, m. calumnior; mostly t. t.,
I a contriver of tricks or artifices, a pettifogger, a perverter of law, a chicaner (sometimes, perhaps, branded on the forehead with the letter K = calumniator; cf. Voss, Arist. 1, 17; Ernest. Clav. Cic. Ind. Leg. s. v. Remmia): si calvitur et moretur et frustratur. Inde et calumniatores appellati sunt, quia per fraudem et frustrationem alios vexarent litibus, Dig. 50, 16, 223: scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: boni judicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere, Cic. Caecil. 23, 65: calumniatores apponere, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: calumniatorem quaerere, id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 22; 2, 2, 10, § 26: egens, id. Clu. 59, 163; id. Quint. 28, 87; Phaedr. 1, 17, 2; Mart. 11, 66, 1; Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; Suet. Rhet. 4.—
II Trop.: calumniator sui, one who is too anxious in regard to his work, over-scrupulous, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92; cf. calumnia, III. B., and calumnior, II. B. >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
calumnĭātŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (calumnior), chicaneur, celui qui fait un emploi abusif de la loi : dicemus calumniatoris esse officium verba et litteras sequi, neglegere voluntatem Her. 2, 14, nous dirons que c’est le fait d’un chicaneur que de s’attacher à la lettre et au texte, et de laisser de côté les intentions, cf. Cic. Cæc. 65 || faux accusateur : calumniatores ex sinu suo apposuit Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, il aposta de faux accusateurs tirés de son entourage intime || calumniator sui Plin. 34, 92, qui se cherche chicane à soi-même, critique trop sévère de soi-même. orth. kal-, v. Cic. Amer. 57.
Latin > German (Georges)
calumniātor, ōris, m. (calumnior), der Ränkeschmied, Rechtsverdreher, Schikaneur, trügerische Ankläger, aliquis c. atque improbus, Cic.: delator et c., Mart.: Epidius c., Suet.: calumniatorem apponere, Cic.: scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse; boni iudicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere, Cic.: litem sibi inferri aegerrime calumniator patitur, Sen. – Plur., Augustin. ep. 17, 4. – calumniator sui, der Künstler, der übertriebene Kritik gegen sich selbst übt, Plin. 34, 92.
Latin > English
calumniator calumniatoris N M :: false accuser; pettifogger, chicaner; perverter of law; carping critic
