bustuarius

bustuarius
bustŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or pertaining to the place where dead bodies were burned:

gladiator,

that fought at a funeral pile in honor of the dead, Cic. Pis. 9, 19; Tert. Spect. 11; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 519 (Cicero so calls Clodius, in the passage cited, on account of a tumult which he caused at the funeral ceremonies that Cicero's brother made in honor of Marius):

moecha,

she who prostitutes herself among tombs, Mart. 3, 93, 15:

altare,

upon which men were offered, Tert. Pall. 4:

latro = bustirapus,

Amm. 28, 1, 12.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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