plagiarius
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
plăgĭārĭus: ii, m. plagium.
I A torturer, oppressor, plunderer (class.): Licinium plagiarium cum suo pullo milvino tributa exigere, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: inter avaros, circumscriptores, latrones, plagiarios unum esse cui noceri non possit, Sen. Tranq. 8, 4.—
II Esp., a man-stealer, kidnapper (post-Aug.), Dig. 21, 1, 17; 47, 2, 49; 53; 48, 15, 1; Callistr. Ib. 6; Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 10.—
B Transf., a literary thief, plagiarist (one who pretends to be the author of another's book), Mart. 1, 53, 9.
