suitor
suitor
subs.
In a law suit: P. ἀντίδικος, ὁ or ἡ.
Wooer: P. and V. μνηστήρ, ὁ (found in Thuc. and Plat. but only in reference to the Odyssean suitors), V. πᾰλαιστής, ὁ (Aesch. Ag. 1206).
subs.
In a law suit: P. ἀντίδικος, ὁ or ἡ.
Wooer: P. and V. μνηστήρ, ὁ (found in Thuc. and Plat. but only in reference to the Odyssean suitors), V. πᾰλαιστής, ὁ (Aesch. Ag. 1206).
SUITOR
Petitioner petitor: supplex.
A wooer amasius (Plaut.): amator: petitor (Apul. nec quisquam cupiens ejus nuptiarum petitor accedit).
Petitioner petitor: supplex.
A wooer amasius (Plaut.): amator: petitor (Apul. nec quisquam cupiens ejus nuptiarum petitor accedit).
suitor:
I. A petitioner, q. v.
II. A s. for an office, candidate: v.CANDIDATE . Phr.: a s. for popularity, aurae popularis captator, Liv. 3, 33, ad med.
III. In law, a plaintiff: q. v.
IV. A wooer, q. v.:
1. prŏcus: Penelope obstinate to her s.s, P. difficilis procis, Hor. Od. 3, 10, 11.
2. ămans, ămātor: v.LOVER . Phr.: she rejected the addresses of many s.s, multis petentibus aspernata nuptias est, Liv. 40, 4, init.: many were her s.s, multi illam petiere, Ov. M. 1, 478: why art thou s. for my daughter? cur poscis meam gnatam tibi? Pl. Aul. 2, 2, 42.
I. A petitioner, q. v.
II. A s. for an office, candidate: v.
III. In law, a plaintiff: q. v.
IV. A wooer, q. v.:
1. prŏcus: Penelope obstinate to her s.s, P. difficilis procis, Hor. Od. 3, 10, 11.
2. ămans, ămātor: v.
suitor
suitors, of Helen
- Apollod. 3.10.7, Apollod. 3.10.8
- of Penelope: Apollod. E.7.25, Apollod. 3.10.8
- suitors of Penelope shot by Odysseus: Apollod. E.7.32