allatro

al-lā̆tro ( adl- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., lit., to bark at; not used before the Aug. per., and trop. of persons, to assail with harsh words, to revile, rail at; and of the sea, to break upon, or dash against, the shore (the simple verb seems to be used for this in the lit. sense, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 64; Hor. Epod. 5, 59; id. Ep. 1, 2, 66; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 49, 2;

v. latro): Cato adlatrare Africani magnitudinem solitus erat,

Liv. 38, 54; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 9:

adlatres licet usque nos,

Mart. 5, 61; so id. 2, 61; Sil. 8, 292:

oram tot maria adlatrant,

Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 19; so id. 2, 68, 68, § 173.