propugnator
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
Latin > English
propugnator propugnatoris N M :: defender; champion
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prō-pugnātor: ōris, m. propugno,
I one who fights in defence of a place, a defender, soldier (class.).
I Lit.: classis inops propter dimissionem propugnatorum, of the marines, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86: a propugnatoribus relictus locus, Caes. B. G. 7, 25: nudati propugnatoribus muri, Tac. A. 13, 39; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22; Nep. Eum. 3, 3; Amm. 20, 6, 1.—
II Trop., a defender, maintainer, champion: paterni juris defensor, et quasi patrimonii propugnator sui, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244: senatūs, id. Mil. 7, 16: fortunarum mearum, id. Red. in Sen. 15, 37: sceleris, Just. 8, 2, 10: tribuno plebis auctorem se propugnatoremque praestitit, Suet. Caes. 16.—An epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 300, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōpugnātŏr,¹¹ ōris, m. (propugno), celui qui défend en combattant, défenseur, combattant : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 86 ; Cæs. G. 7, 25 || [fig.] défenseur, protecteur, champion : Cic. de Or. 1, 244 ; Mil. 16 ; Sen. 38 ; Sest. 103.
Latin > German (Georges)
prōpūgnātor, ōris, m. (propugno), der Verteidiger, Streiter, I) eig.: a) übh.: propugnatorum labor, Val. Max.: nudati propugnatoribus muri, Tac.: duplici propugnatorum ordine defendi, Caes.: ne nudentur propugnatoribus signa, Liv.: nec prius est a propugnatoribus vacuus relictus locus quam etc, Caes. – b) der Schiffssoldat, Seesoldat, dimissio propugnatorum, Cic.: ex remigum propugnatorumque numero, Caes.: nullum propugnatorem afuisse, Cic.: telis obruuntur propugnatores, Liv.: naves propugnatoribus instruere, Auct. b. Alex. – II) übtr., der Verfechter, Verteidiger, senatus, Cic.: amicorum, Sen.: communis libertatis, Cic.: impietatis Arrii apertissimus pr., Hieron.: Mucius paterni iuris defensor et quasi patrimonii propugnator sui, Cic.: agunt propugnatores sceleris, sie werfen sich auf als usw., Iustin.
