vitricus
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English
vitricus vitrici N M :: stepfather
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vī̆trĭcus: i, m.,
I a step-father, Cic. Att. 15, 12, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 135; id. Mur. 35, 73; id. Brut. 68, 240; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16; Tac. A. 3, 29; Suet. Tib. 7.—Poet., of Vulcan, the husband of Venus, in relation to Cupid, the son of Jupiter and Venus: vitricus, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 24.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vĭtrĭcus,¹¹ ī, m., beau-père [mari de la mère qui a des enfants d’un autre lit] : Cic. Att. 15, 12, 2 ; Verr. 2, 1, 135 ; Mur. 73 ; Br. 240.
Latin > German (Georges)
vitricus, ī, m., der Stiefvater, Cic. u.a. – poet. von Vulkan, als Geliebtem der Venus, gleichs. der Stiefvater ihres Sohnes Kupido, Ov. am. 1, 2, 24.
