The corpus record — Latin

impostor

impostor · m

a deceiver

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What it meant

impostor — Lewis & Short

impostor (inp-), ōris, m.impono, II. B. 3.,

I a deceiver, impostor (post-class.; cf.: planus, sycophanta), impostores aut mendaces aut litigiosi, Dig. 21, 1, 4, § 3; Hier. Ep. 38 fin.; 54, 5; Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 338.

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