praesumptor

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

praesumptor, ōris, m. [praesumo].

I One who takes possession beforehand , a preoccupier (post-class.), Cassiod. Var. 1, 18.—

II A bold , confident , reckless , or presumptuous person , Tert. Poen. 6: Petrus ex egregio praesumptore tam creber negator effectus, Aug. Ep. 120, c. 14; Hier. Ep. 89: praesumptor (Adam) senserit iram meritam, Sedul. 2, 4; cf. Cod. Th. 16, 2, 48: Leo, Ep. 10, 9.