tentator

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

tentātor, ōris, m. [tento].

I An assailant , attempter , tempter : integrae Dianae (Orion), Hor. C. 3, 4, 71.—Esp., the tempter , i. e. the devil , Vulg. Matt. 4, 3; Juvenc. 1, 384.—

II He who attacks : autumnus, tentator valetudinum, Tert. Anim. 48 init.