The corpus record — Latin

largitor2

false read. for largiri te, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 14; v. Ritschl ad h. l. and proleg. p. 68

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Where it lives

Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 5.05/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 6 2 · 1.49/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 1 · 1.18/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 1 · 0.96/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. largītor — Lewis & Short

largītor, āri, false read. for largiri te,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 14; v. Ritschl ad h. l. and proleg. p. 68.

2. largītor — Lewis & Short

largītor, ōris, m.largior,

I a liberal giver, a bestower, granter, dispenser, distributer, imparter.

I In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): multarum rerum ac maxume pecuniae largitor, Sall. J. 95: largitor voluntarius repente senatus factus, Liv. 6, 16: minime largitore duce, liberal, id. 6, 2; cf. praedae, id. 9, 42: Bacche, sacri largitor laticis, dispenser, Sil. 7, 164.—

II In partic., in a bad sense, a briber (class.): exsistunt in re publica plerumque largitores et factiosi, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64: cujuscumque tribus largitor esset, id. Planc. 15, 37: Lentulum largitorem et prodigum non putat, a spendthrift, squanderer, id. Cat. 4, 5, 10.

In the wild

largitor Ausonius, Mosella pr.431
largitor Tertullian, Adversus Praxean 28
largitor Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 2.1.435
largitori Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Alexandrino 49
largitor Statius, Silvae 3.1.91
largitor Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 12.2

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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