largitor
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
largītor: āri, false read. for largiri te, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 14; v. Ritschl ad h. l. and proleg. p. 68.
largītor: ōris, m. largior,
I a liberal giver, a bestower, granter, dispenser, distributer, imparter.
I In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): multarum rerum ac maxume pecuniae largitor, Sall. J. 95: largitor voluntarius repente senatus factus, Liv. 6, 16: minime largitore duce, liberal, id. 6, 2; cf. praedae, id. 9, 42: Bacche, sacri largitor laticis, dispenser, Sil. 7, 164.—
II In partic., in a bad sense, a briber (class.): exsistunt in re publica plerumque largitores et factiosi, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64: cujuscumque tribus largitor esset, id. Planc. 15, 37: Lentulum largitorem et prodigum non putat, a spendthrift, squanderer, id. Cat. 4, 5, 10.
