noun
tentātor
Meaning
- An assailant
tentātor, ōris, m. tento.
I. An assailant, attempter, tempter:
integrae Dianae (Orion), Hor. C. 3, 4, 71.—Esp., the tempter, i. e. the devil, Vulg. Matt. 4, 3; Juvenc. 1, 384.—II. He who attacks:
autumnus, tentator valetudinum, Tert. Anim. 48 init.