lā̆trōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. latro].
I To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.): ibit aliquo Latrocinatum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198; id. Mil. 2, 6, 19: qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—
II To practise freebooting, robbery , or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway : Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere, Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin. : ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur, id. Mil. 7, 17: vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent, id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.— To commit piracy : maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—
B Transf. *
1 Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize : pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto, Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—*
2 Of a physician who dissects a body: mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum, Cels. 1 praef.—Hence. lā̆trōcĭnanter , adv., like a robber , Aug. Ep. 35, 3.