assertor
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English
assertor assertoris N M :: one asserting status of another; restorer of liberty, protector, champion
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
assertor: (ads-), ōris, m. id.,
I one who formally asserts that another is free or a slave.
I A restorer of liberty.
A Lit.: adsertores dicuntur vindices alienae libertatis, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. 2. assero, I. A.: populo detrectante dominationem atque adsertores flagitante, Suet. Caes. 80: Catoni gladium adsertorem libertatis extorque, Sen. Ep. 13.—
B Trop., a defender, protector, deliverer, advocate: publicus adsertor dominis suppressa levabo Pectora, Ov. R. Am. 73: senatūs adsertor, Luc. 4, 214 (qui in libertatem defendis senatum, Schol.); Mart. 1, 53, 5: adsertores Camilli, id. 1, 25; Suet. Galb. 9: dignitatis ac potentiae patriciorum, id. Tib. 2: quaestionis, he who carries an inquiry entirely through, is master of the subject, Macr. S. 7, 4.—
II He who claims or declares one to be a slave (cf. 2. assero, I. B.): cum instaret adsertor puellae, Liv. 3, 46, and besides only id. 3, 47.
Latin > German (Georges)
assertor (adsertor), ōris, m. (2. assero), der Vertreter vor Gericht, wo es sich um die Freiheit einer Person (ob sie frei oder Sklave sein solle) handelte, I) eig.: A) als Sprecher der Person für ihre Freiheit, etwa der Vertreter-, Wahrer der Freiheit, Suet. Caes. 80, 1. Donat. Ter. eun. 4, 7, 35: u. vollst. ass. libertatis, Plin. 20, 160: gladius ass. libertatis, Sen. ep. 13, 14. – B) als Sprecher für die Knechtschaft, der Behaupter der Knechtschaft jmds., der Anspruchmacher auf jmd. (als Sklaven), puellae, Liv. 3, 46, 7: virginis, Liv. 3, 47, 8. – II) übtr., der Befreier, Erretter, Beschützer, Verteidiger, Ov., Quint. u.a.: Epicurus, voluptatis ass., Sen. fr.: idoneus veritatis ass., Lact.: ass. quaestionis, der die Untersuchung vollständig durchführt, Macr.
