oppressor
ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
oppressor: ōris, m. opprimo,
I a crusher, destroyer: oppressores dominationis, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
oppressŏr,¹⁶ ōris, m. (opprimo), destructeur : Brut. d. Cic. ad Br. 24, 6 ; Aug. Civ. 16, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
oppressor, ōris, m. (opprimo), der Unterdrücker, a) im guten Sinne, vindices et oppressores dominationis, Brut. in Cic. ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 6. – b) im üblen Sinne, oppr. libertatis, Aur. Vict. epit. 1, 31: infirmorum oppressores, Augustin. serm. 17, 4: oppr. pauperum, ibid. 78, 3. Isid. sent. 3, 45, 3 u. 4: oppr. pupillorum et viduarum, Augustin. c. litt. Petil. 2, 82: animalium terrigenarum deceptor oppressor exstinctor, Augustin. de civ. dei 16, 4. p. 131, 3 D.2
