I.of or pertaining to beasts: “ludus,” a fight with beasts, Sen. Ep. 70, 20; 70, 22.—Usu. as subst.: bestĭārĭus , ii, m., one who fights with wild beasts in the public spectacles, a beast-fighter, θηριομάχης (persons hired, or criminals: the former with weapons, and as victors rewarded; “the latter, unarmed, and sometimes bound,” Vop. Aur. 37; Tert. Pud. 22): “praeclara aedilitas! Unus leo, ducenti bestiarii,” Cic. Sest. 64, 135: “gladiatoribus et bestiariis obsedere rem publicam,” id. Vatin. 17, 40; so id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5; Sen. Ben. 2, 19, 1: “ludus bestiariorum,” Sen. Ep. 70, 17; * Suet. Claud. 34.
bestĭārĭus , a, um, adj. id. I. B.,
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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