grassator

grassātor, ōris, m. [grassor].

• A vagabond, idler: poëticae artis honos non erat. Si qui in ea re studebat, aut sese ad convivia applicabat, grassator vocabatur, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—
• II A disorderly person, one who goes rioting about (esp. at night, whether for fun and enjoyment or for robbery), a rioter, a waylayer, street-robber, footpad: hoc modo viator quoque bene vestitus causa grassatori fuisse dicetur, cur ab eo spoliaretur, Cic. Fat. 15, 34: grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant succincti ferro, Suet. Aug. 32: grassatores et sicarii, id. Caes. 72: nocturni grassatoris insidiosa violentia, Gell. 20, 1, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 38: ferro subitus grassator agit rem, Juv. 3, 305.

grassātor, ōris, m. (grassor), der Herumschwärmer, Herumstreicher, I) im allg., der Müßiggänger, Bummler, Cato de mor. fr. 2 (bei Gell. 11, 2, 5). – II) insbes., der (des Nachts auf den Straßen die Leute nur aus Mutwillen neckende, häufig aber auch anfallende, beraubende u. mordende) Herumschwärmer, der Raufbold, Wegelagerer, Bandit, Cic., Quint. u.a.: nocturnus, Petron.: grassatores et sicarii, Suet. – ➳ crassator geschr., Gloss. V, 186, 11.

grassator [CL] , predator, marauder, villain; b (w. ref. to Satan). revertuntur ‥ impudentes ~ores Hiberni domos Gildas EB 21; a Saracenis praedonibus et Ismaelitis ~oribus Aldh. VirgP 31; ~or, forhergend GlC G 153; quod videret Normanniam suam ‥ ab improbissimis ~oribus vastari W. Malm. GP I 61; prevalere, et vicem predicte stragis inpudentibus ~oribus reddidere G. Mon. X 5; ~ores vocamus apparitores tyrannorum ‥ milites crudeliter agentes Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 249, 261; illi ~ores primo retulerunt pedem viso archiepiscopo W. Fitzst. Thom. 139; 1546 a ‥ Willielmo R. et suis ~oribus, pyratis ac predonibus et spoliatoribus SelPlAdm 142; 1549 ad ignavos, ~ores, rei sue dissipatores, contumaces ‥ castigandos StatOx 353.  b Aldh. VirgV 921 (v. elidere 1b); antiquus humani generis ~or Id. VirgP 32; voluntas ‥ supergressa violentiam ‥ servitutem corporis ~or [? l. ~oris] opponit injuriis Pull. Sent. 853A.

grassātŏr, (13) ōris, m. (grassor), ¶ 1 vagabond, flâneur : Cat. d. Gell. 11, 2, 5 ¶ 2 rôdeur, brigand, voleur à main armée : Cic. Fato 34.

grassator , oris. m.
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grassātor ōris, m

• grassor, a disorderly person, rioter, footpad, bully, C., Iu.