noun · masculinethird declension
quadruplātor
quadruplātor m (genitive quadruplātōris)
Meaning
- A public informer who received a fourth part.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadruplātor | quadruplātōrēs |
| genitive | quadruplātōris | quadruplātōrum |
| dative | quadruplātōrī | quadruplātōribus |
| accusative | quadruplātōrem | quadruplātōrēs |
| ablative | quadruplātōre | quadruplātōribus |
| vocative | quadruplātor | quadruplātōrēs |
quā^drŭplātor (quadrĭplātor, Fest. p. 259 Müll. v. h. v.: quădrŭpŭlā-tor, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 18), ōris, m. quadruplo.
I. One who multiplies by four, a quadrupler, App. Mag. p. 330, 20. —
II. One who farmed the tolls, of which he received a fourth part, Sid. Ep. 5, 7.
quā^drū^plātor (quā^drī^-), ōris, m. quadruplor,
I. a public informer, who received a fourth part of the thing informed against (acc. to others, against one who committed an offence punishable with a fourfold penalty; cf. sector); also,
in gen., a trickster, chicaner, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 18: deterrimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 21; 2, 2, 8, § 22; Liv. 3, 72; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 259, 3 Müll.; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; 21, 68.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quadruplātor (quadri-) ōris, m
quadruplor, a seizer of a fourth part ; hence (because informers were rewarded out of forfeitures), an informer for profit : quadruplatorum deterrimus — A corrupt judge , L.