halophanta

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

hălŏphanta, ae,

m , = ἁλοφάντης (a word comically formed after the analogy of sycophanta, συκοφάντης), a salt-informer , i. q. a rascal , scoundrel , Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 2; cf. Non. 126, 7, and see halapanta.