exsecutor
From LSJ
Ξίφος τιτρώσκει σῶμα, τὸν δὲ νοῦν λόγος → Ut corpus ensis, verba mentem sauciant → Das Schwert verletzt den Körper, doch den Sinn das Wort
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exsĕcūtor: (exec-), ōris, m. id.,
I an accomplisher, performer, executor (postAug.).
I In gen.: acerrimus malorum propositorum, Vell. 2, 45: sententiae, App. M. 7, p. 197; Dig. 49, 1, 4.—
II In partic., in jurid. lang.,
A A prosecutor, revenger: offensarum inimicitiarumque, Suet. Vesp. 14.—
B A collector, Cod. Just. 8, 17, 7.
