exagitator
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exăgĭtātor: ōris, m. exagito, II. B. 1.,
I one who severely blames, a censurer: omnium rhetorum, Cic. Or. 13, 42.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exăgĭtātŏr, ōris, m. (exagito), celui qui pourchasse, censeur infatigable : Cic. Or. 42.
Latin > German (Georges)
exagitātor, ōris, m. (exagito), der Durchzieher, Tadler, Cic. or. 42. Augustin. in psalm. 80,11.
