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praedator

praedator, a plunderer, pillager

praedātor, ōris, m. [praedor], a plunderer, pillager.
  • I Lit. (class.): quos ego in eodem genere praedatorum direptorumque pono, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: exercitus, praedator ex sociis, Sall. J. 44, 1.—
  • II Transf.
    • A A hunter (poet.): praedator aprorum, Ov. M. 12, 306; Stat. Th. 4, 316.—Transf.: corporis, i.e. a ravisher, Petr. 85, 3.—*
    • B A rapacious or avaricious man, Tib. 2, 3, 43.

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