latrator

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

lātrātor, ōris, m. [1. latro], a barker (perh. not ante-Aug.).

I Lit., poet. for a dog : Molossi, Mart. 12, 1: Anubis (who is represented with the head of a dog), Verg. A. 8, 698; Ov. M. 9, 690.—

II Transf., a bawler, brawler : a viro bono in rabulam latratoremque converti, Quint. 12, 9, 12.

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