spoliator
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
spoliator spoliatoris N M :: one who plunders or despoils
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
spŏlĭātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a robber, pillager, plunderer, spoiler (rare but class.): eorum (monumentorum), * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80: templi, Liv. 29, 18, 15: pupilli, Juv. 1, 46.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
spŏlĭātŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m. (spolio), spoliateur : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 80 ; Liv. 29, 18, 15.
Latin > German (Georges)
spoliātor, ōris, m. (spolio), der Berauber, Plünderer, monumentorum spoliator vexatorque, Cic. Verr. 4, 80: sp. templorum, Liv. 29, 18, 5: pupilli, Iuven. 1, 46.
Latin > Chinese
spoliator, oris. m. :: 强盗
