I.the taker, stormer, conqueror of a place.
I. Prop. (rare but class.): “urbis,” Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93: “urbium,” Vulg. Prov. 16, 32: rex Demetrius Expugnator cognominatus (transl. of Πολιορκητής), Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126.— *
B. Transf.: “pecoris opimi lupus,” Stat. Th. 4, 363.—
II. Trop.: “pudicitiae,” a violator, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9.
