ăpostăta, ae, m., = ἀποστάτης, an apostate (eccl. Lat.).
I Lit., Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 11; Sedul. 5, 138; Cod. Th. 16, 7, 1. —
II In gen., a bad , wicked man : qui dicit regi, apostata, Vulg. Job. 34, 18: homo apostata, vir inutilis etc., ib. Prov. 6, 12.