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decoctor

From LSJ

Μὴ κρῖν' ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος, ἀλλὰ τὸν τρόπον → Mores in arbitrando, non faciem vide → Nach dem Charakter, nicht nach Schönheit urteile

Menander, Monostichoi, 333

Latin > English

decoctor decoctoris N M :: insolvent person, defaulting debtor; ruined spenthrift (L+S)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēcoctor: ōris, m. decoquo, no. I. B.,
I one who has squandered his own or another's property, a ruined spendthrift, bankrupt, Cic. Phil. 2, 18; id. Cat. 2, 3; Catull. 41, 4: pecuniae publicae, Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 117 al.: bonorum suorum, Spart. Hadr. 18, 9; Sen. Ep. 81, 2; id. Ben. 4, 26, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēcoctŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (decoquo), dissipateur, homme ruiné, banqueroutier : Cic. Phil. 2, 44 ; Cat. 2, 5 ; decoctor pecuniæ publicæ Cod. Just. 10, 32, 40, dilapidateur des deniers publics.

Latin > German (Georges)

dēcoctor, ōris, m. (decoquo), der Verschwender, Bankrottierer, absol., Cic. Cat. 2, 5; Phil. 2, 44. Sen. ep. 81, 2 u. de ben. 4, 26, 3: m. Genet., bonorum suorum, Spart. Hadr. 18, 9: pecuniae publicae, Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 117.

Latin > Chinese

decoctor, oris. m. :: 蕩子浪费者