I.a destroyer, slayer, murderer (postclass.): “incluti regis,” Sen. Oedip. 221: “mariti mei cruentis,” App. M. 8, p. 207, 16; cf.: “puer ille peremptor meus,” i. e. who has playued me almost to death, id. ib. 7, p. 198, 21.—Absol., Prud. Ham. praef. 19; Ambros. Inst. Virg. 7, 4, 9; Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 16.
pĕremptor (pĕremtor ), ōris, m. id.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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