flagitator
πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις → pride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall
Latin > English
flagitator flagitatoris N M :: importuner, dun
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flāgĭtātor: ōris, m. id.,
I an importunate asker, demander, dun (rare but class.): eicite ex animo curam atque alienum aes: Ne quis formidet flagitatorem suum, Plaut. Cas. prol. 24; cf. id. Most. 3, 2, 81; so of a dunning creditor, Gell. 17, 6, 10.—Transf.: hunc video flagitatorem, non illum quidem tibi molestum, sed assiduum tamen et acrem fore, Cic. Brut. 5, 18 (see the passage in connection).—
(b) With gen.: triumphi ante victoriam flagitator, Liv. 8, 12, 9: pugnae, id. 2, 45, 18.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flāgĭtātŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m. (flagito), qui réclame avec instance : triumphi Liv. 8, 12, 9, qui réclame le triomphe || qui réclame une créance, une promesse, créancier tenace : Pl. Cas. 24 ; Cic. Br. 18 ; Gell. 17, 6, 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
flāgitātor, ōris, m. (flagito), der drängende Forderer, a) übh.: pugnae, Liv. 2, 45, 13: triumphi, Liv. 8, 12, 9. – b) der Einforderer einer Geldschuld, der drängende Mahner, v. Gläubiger, Plaut. u. Gell.: fl. molestus, Amm.: v. Steuereinnehmer, Amm. 21, 16, 17. – c) der drängende Mahner an ein Versprechen, Cic. Brut. 18.
