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latrocinor

latrocinor, to practise freebooting, plunder, rob on the highway

lā̆trōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. latro].
  • To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.): ibit aliquo Latrocinatum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198 (599); id. Mil. 2, 6, 19 (499): qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—
  • II To practise freebooting, robbery, or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway: Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere, Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin.: ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur, id. Mil. 7, 17: vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent, id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.—To commit piracy: maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—
    • B Transf. *
      • 1 Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize: pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto, Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—*
      • 2 Of a physician who dissects a body: mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum, Cels. 1 praef.—Hence. lā̆trōcĭnanter, adv., like a robber, Aug. Ep. 35, 3.

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