corruptor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

corruptor (conr-; corrumptor, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14 Ritschl), ōris, m. [corrumpo],

a corrupter, misleader, seducer, briber : latebricolarum hominum (amor), Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14: civium, id. Poen. 3, 6, 21: juventutis, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: estne in corruptorem marito justior potestas? Hor. S. 2, 7, 63; cf.: virginum Vestalium, Suet. Dom. 8: nostri, Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 6; cf.: tribus venditor et corruptor, id. Planc. 16, 38.

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