gladiator

Definitiones

1. gladiator, swordsman
   declension-3
2. a term of reproach for someone who behaves violently in the manner of a gladiator; a murderer, cutthroat, assassin
   declension-3, figuratively

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Ego, sī hoc optimum factū iūdicārem, Patrēs Cōnscrīptī, Catilīnam morte multārī, ūnīus ūsūram hōrae gladiātōrī istī ad vīvendum nōn dedissem.”

If I judged that it was the best course of action, Conscript Fathers, to punish Catiline with death, I would not have granted to that gladiator of yours a single hour of life. (Cicero’s provocative implication: like an audience viewing a gladiatorial combat, the Roman senators have done nothing to stop Catiline, despite their awareness of his violent threats and actions.)

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