I.one who violates his duty; esp. of an advocate who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party, a sham accuser or defender, a prevaricator (class.): praevaricatores a praetergrediendo sunt vocitati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: “praevaricator significat eum, qui in contrariis causis quasi varie esse positus videatur,” Cic. Part. 36, 126: “praevaricatorem esse eum ostendimus, qui colludit cum reo, et translaticie munere accusandi defungitur, eo quod proprias quidem probationes dissimularet, falsas vero rei excusationes admitteret,” Dig. 48, 16, 1: “praevaricator autem est quasi varicator, qui diversam partem adjuvat, prodita causa sua,” ib. 3, 2, 4; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18, 58: “praevaricatorem sibi apponere,” id. Phil. 2, 11, 25.—With gen.: “praevaricator Catilinae,” Cic. Pis. 10, 23: causae publicae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—
B. Esp., an apostate: “nos praevaricatores eos existimamus qui susceptam fidem et cognitionem Dei adeptam relinquunt, Hilar. in Psa. 118, 15, 11: Dei,” Lact. 2, 16; cf. Tert. ad Marc. 4, 43.
