expugnator

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

expugnātor, ōris, m. [expugno], the taker, stormer, conqueror of a place.

I Prop. (rare but class.): urbis, Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93: urbium, Vulg. Prov. 16, 32: rex Demetrius Expugnator cognominatus (transl. of Πολιορκητής), Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126.— *

B Transf.: pecoris opimi lupus, Stat. Th. 4, 363.—

II Trop.: pudicitiae, a violator , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9.

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