sicarius

Latin > English

sicarius sicari(i) N M :: murderer, assassin

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sīcārĭus: i, m. sica,
I an assassin, murderer (syn.: percussor, homicida): per abusionem sicarios etiam omnes vocamus, qui caedem telo quocumque commiserint, Quint. 10, 1, 12: vetus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39; * Hor. S. 1, 4, 4; Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Suet. Caes. 72: jam sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant, of assassination, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 90; so, quaestio inter sicarios, id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; and: inter sicarios defendere, id. Phil. 2, 4, 8: lex Cornelia (Sullae) de sicariis, Just. Inst. 4, 18, § 5: lege de sicariis condemnari, Tac. A. 13, 44 fin.; cf. Orell. Ind. Legum, in his edit. of Cic., vol. viii. 3, p. 162: in exercendā de sicariis quaestione, etc., Suet. Caes. 11.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sīcārĭus,¹⁰ ĭī, m. (sica), sicaire, assassin : Cic. Amer. 8 ; quæstio inter sicarios Cic. Clu. 147, chambre d’enquête concernant les assassinats ; inter sicarios defendere Cic. Phil. 2, 8, plaider dans une affaire d’assassinat.

Latin > German (Georges)

sīcārius, iī, m. (sica), der Meuchelmörder, Bandit, Cic. u.a. – dah. die Formel inter sicarios, des Meuchelmordes wegen, quaestio M. Plaetorii et C. Flaminii inter sicarios, Cic.: accusare alqm, defendere, exercere quaestionem, Cic.

Latin > Chinese

sicarius, ii. n. (sica.) :: 暗殺人者。Cum praetor questionem inter sicarios exercuisset 其作臬司旣審殺人之罪。