punitor

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

pūnītor, ōris, m. [punio].

I A punisher (post-class.): seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, Suet. Caes. 67; Val. Max. 6, 1, 8.—

II An avenger : fuit ultor injuriae, punitor doloris sui, Cic. Mil. 13, 35: Crassianae stragis, Val. Max. 3, 4, 5.

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