The corpus record — Latin

fugitivarius

who recaptures runaway slaves* (Varro*); aufugere

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Where it lives

Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

1. fugitivarius — de Vaan

fugitivarius 'who recaptures runaway slaves* (Varro*); aufugere 'to run away' (PL+), — [de Vaan, s.v. fugitivarius, p. 260]

2. fŭgĭtīvārĭus — Lewis & Short

fŭgĭtīvārĭus, ii, m.fugitivus.

I One employed to catch and bring back fugitive slaves, a slave-catcher, Flor. 3, 19, 7; Dig. 19, 5, 18.—

B Transf.: (cochleae) aquā finiendae, ne fugitivarius sit parandus, that they may not crawl away, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1.—

II A concealer of runaway slaves, Cod. Th. 10, 12, 1.

In the wild

fugitivarios Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2.7.19.7

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. fugitivarius (scan p. 260; entry #638).

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