I.a sea-robber, corsair, pirate (syn. praedo): “nam pirata non est ex perduellium numero definitus, sed communis hostis omnium,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. Off. 3, 29, 107; Vell. 2, 31, 2; Luc. 3, 228; Flor. 3, 6, 11: “Capito et Numitor, Piratae Cilicum,” Juv. 8, 94 al.
pīrāta , ae, m., = πειρατής (an adventurer, hence),