proditor

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

prōdĭtor, ōris, m. [prodo],

a betrayer , traitor (class.): cum senatus duces nullos ac pro ducibus proditores haberet, Cic. Sest. 15, 35: proditor patriae, id. Fin. 3, 19, 64; id. Fam. 12, 3, 2: disciplinae, Liv. 2, 59.—Poet., transf.: risus proditor latentis puellae, betraying , treacherous , Hor. C. 1, 9, 21.

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