The corpus record — Latin

latrunculus

latrunculus · m

A highwayman, robber, freebooter, brigand

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Where it lives

Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 1 · 0.59/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

lā^truncŭlus — Lewis & Short

lā^truncŭlus, i, m.dim.2. latro.

I A highwayman, robber, freebooter, brigand: mastrucati latrunculi, Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15: hostes sunt, quibus bellum publice populus Romanus decrevit, vel ipsi populo Romano, ceteri latrunculi vel praedones appellantur, Dig. 49, 15, 24 (cf. the passage from Dig. 50, 16, 118, where the word latrones is used; v. 2. latro, II.): a latrunculis vel hostibus, ib. 39, 5, 34.—Of the usurper of a throne, Vop. Firm. 2, 1.—

II A man, pawn, in draughts or chess. latrunculis ludimus, Sen. Ep. 106, 11; Varr. L. L. 10, § 22 Müll.; Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215.

In the wild

latrunculos Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.46.6
Latrunculorum Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 4.13.8
latrunculos Historia Augusta, Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 13
latrunculos Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 p35

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