praedor

praedor, ātus, 1 (active collat. form, v. infra fin.), v. n. and a. [2. praedo].

• I Neutr., to make booty, to plunder, spoil, rob (in war and otherwise; class.; syn.: spolio, diripio): spes rapiendi atque praedandi, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9: licentia praedandi, Liv. 22, 3: praedantes milites, Caes. B. G. 7, 46 fin.: ex hereditate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45; 2, 3, 3, § 6; 2, 3, 20, § 51: praedatum exire, Liv. 4, 55: necessitate inpositā ex alieno praedandi, id. 5, 5, 3: ex alienis fortunis, id. 6, 41, 11: ex necessitate alicujus, Lact. 6, 18, 8: ex agris finitimorum praedari, Just. 23, 1, 10: classis pluribus locis praedata, Tac. Agr. 29: de aratorum bonis praedari, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 182: praedari in re frumentariā et in bonis aratorum, id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146; 2, 3, 88, § 204: in bonis alienis, id. ib. 2, 2, 19, § 46: omnibus in rebus, upon every opportunity, id. ib. 2, 1, 50, § 130: in insulis cultorum egentibus, Liv. 22, 31, 3: ex alterius inscientiā praedari, to make use of another's ignorance to defraud him, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 72: cum apud tuos Mamertinos inveniare improbissimā ratione esse praedatus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3.—
• • B Transf.: praedātus, a, um, that has made booty; hence, well furnished with booty (Plautinian): bene ego ab hoc praedatus ibo, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 39 (1141); id. Rud. 5, 2, 29 (1316); id. Pers. 4, 4, 115 (673).—
• II Act., to plunder, pillage, rob any thing (rare before the Aug. period).
• • A Lit.: pastorum stabula, Cic. Sest. 5, 13 Halm N. cr.; B. and K.; dub. (al. praeclara cepisset): dum socios magis quam hostes praedatur, Tac. A. 12, 49: arces Cecropis, Val. Fl. 5, 647: maria, Lact. 5, 9 med.; 7, 17, 9: bona vivorum et mortuorum, Suet. Dom. 12 (but cf. Roth ad loc.): Hylam Nympha praedata, Petr. 83, 5.—
  • • 2 Transf., to take or catch animals, birds, etc.: alia dentibus praedantur, alia unguibus, Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196: ovem, Ov. A. A. 3, 419: pisces calamo praedabor, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 37.—
  • B Trop., to rob, ravish, take (poet.): amores alicujus, to rob one of his mistress, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 59; cf.: quae me nuper praedata puella est, has caught me, id. Am. 1, 3, 1: singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 55: dapes, to consume, Val. Fl. 4, 429.☞ Act. collat. form praedo, āre: praedavit omnes filios Tharsis, Vulg. Jud. 2, 13; 16; Prisc. p. 799 P.
• —Hence, prae-dor, āri, in a pass. signif. (ante- and post-class.): mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16 (1242): terra direptione praedabitur, Vulg. Isa. 24, 3: pecuniae praedatae, Gell. 4, 18, 12.—As subst.: praedātum, i, n., that which has been obtained by plunder, booty, Vop. Prob. 8, 3.

praedor, ātus sum, āri (praeda), I) intr. Beute machen, Beute machend plündern, -rauben, A) eig., vom Krieger u. Jäger od. jagenden Tiere, in terram exire praedatum, Nep.: praedatum extra fines exisse in agrum Latinum Hernicumque, Liv.: milites praedantes, Caes.: classis multis locis praedata, Tac. – v. Tieren, praedari lupos iussit, Verg.: alia (animalia) dentibus praedantur, alia unguibus, Plin. – B) übtr., Beute machen – übh. Räubereien ausüben, sich bereichern, Gewinn ziehen, in bonis alienis, in bonis aratorum, Cic.: in insulis cultorum egentibus, Liv.: apud Mamertinos, Cic.: de aratorum bonis, Cic.: ex alieno, Liv.: ex fortunis alienis, Liv.: ex hereditate, Cic.: ex alterius inscitia (des anderen Unwissenheit benutzend), Cic.: u. so ex alcis necessitate, Lact.: spes rapiendi atque praedandi, Cic. – II) tr.: A) Beute machend plündern, -berauben, brandschatzen, Italiae calles et pastorum stabula, *Cic. Sest. 12 Halm u. Kays.: socios magis quam hostes, Tac. ann. 12, 49: maria, Seeräuberei treiben, Lact. 7, 17, 9. – B) als Beute (Fang) wegführen, erbeuten, wegfangen, 1) eig.: Hylam, Petron.: pisces calamo, Prop.: ovem unam, v. Wolf, Ov. – 2) übtr.: a) alqm, an jmd. einen Fang tun, quae me nuper praedata puella est, Ov. am. 1, 3, 1. – b) alqd, gleichsam als gute Beute an sich reißen, entreißen, amores alcis (jmds. Geliebte), Ov.: singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes, Hor. – ➳ praedor als Passiv, s. 1. praedo.

prædor, (10) ātus sum, ārī (præda), ¶ 1 intr., faire du butin, se livrer au pillage : Cic. Phil. 4, 9 ; Cæs. G. 7, 46, 5 || de bonis alicujus Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 182 ; ex hereditate alicujus Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45 ; in bonis alicujus Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 146, se livrer au pillage sur les biens, sur lʼhéritage de qqn ; ex alterius inscitia Cic. Off. 3, 72, faire sa proie de lʼignorance dʼautrui ¶ 2 tr., piller, voler : socios Tac. Ann. 12, 49, piller les alliés || singula de nobis anni prædantur euntes Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 55, les années dans leur course nous dérobent chacune qqch.

➳ sens pass. v. prædo.

praedor , aris, ari. d.
搶。掠。偷。— pisces calamo 以葦竿釣魚。

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praedor ātus, ārī

• praeda, to make booty, plunder, spoil, rob: spes praedandi: licentia praedandi, L.: praedantes milites, Cs.: classis pluribus locis praedata, Ta.: in re frumentariā: omnibus in rebus, upon every opportunity: ex alterius inscientiā, make use of another's ignorance to defraud him: Italiae callīs et pastorum stabula: socios, Ta.—Supin. acc.: praedatum ire, L.—To take, catch, make prey of: ovem unam, O.—Fig., to rob, ravish, take: quae me praedata puella est, has caught me, O.: Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes, H.