grassator
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
Latin > English
grassator grassatoris N M :: vagabond; footpad, highway robber
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
grassātor: ōris, m. id..
I A vagabond, idler: poëticae artis honos non erat. Si qui in ea re studebat, aut sese ad convivia applicabat, grassator vocabatur, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—
II A disorderly person, one who goes rioting about (esp. at night, whether for fun and enjoyment or for robbery), a rioter, a waylayer, street-robber, footpad: hoc modo viator quoque bene vestitus causa grassatori fuisse dicetur, cur ab eo spoliaretur, Cic. Fat. 15, 34: grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant succincti ferro, Suet. Aug. 32: grassatores et sicarii, id. Caes. 72: nocturni grassatoris insidiosa violentia, Gell. 20, 1, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 38: ferro subitus grassator agit rem, Juv. 3, 305.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
grassātŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (grassor),
1 vagabond, flâneur : Cat. d. Gell. 11, 2, 5
2 rôdeur, brigand, voleur à main armée : Cic. Fato 34.
Latin > German (Georges)
grassātor, ōris, m. (grassor), der Herumschwärmer, Herumstreicher, I) im allg., der Müßiggänger, Bummler, Cato de mor. fr. 2 (bei Gell. 11, 2, 5). – II) insbes., der (des Nachts auf den Straßen die Leute nur aus Mutwillen neckende, häufig aber auch anfallende, beraubende u. mordende) Herumschwärmer, der Raufbold, Wegelagerer, Bandit, Cic., Quint. u.a.: nocturnus, Petron.: grassatores et sicarii, Suet. – / crassator geschr., Gloss. V, 186, 11.
Latin > Chinese
grassator, oris. m. :: 强盗
