pirata

κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown

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pirata piratae N M :: pirate

pīrāta: ae, m., = πειρατής (an adventurer, hence),
I a sea-robber, corsair, pirate (syn. praedo): nam pirata non est ex perduellium numero definitus, sed communis hostis omnium, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. Off. 3, 29, 107; Vell. 2, 31, 2; Luc. 3, 228; Flor. 3, 6, 11: Capito et Numitor, Piratae Cilicum, Juv. 8, 94 al.

pīrāta,¹⁰ æ, m. (πειρατής), pirate : Cic. Off. 3, 107 ; Verr. 2, 5, 96 ; etc.

pīrāta, ae, m. (πειρατής), der Seeräuber, Korsar (rein lat. praedo maritimus), Varro fr., Cic. u.a.: piratae simul terras et maria latrocinantes, Sen. rhet.: amicum a piratis redimere, Sen. – Sing. kollekt., Cilix pirata, Pacat. pan. 23, 2.