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quā^drū^plātor (quā^drī^- ), ōris, m. quadruplor,
I.a public informer, who received a fourth part of the thing informed against (acc. to others, against one who committed an offence punishable with a fourfold penalty; cf. sector); also, “in gen.,” a trickster, chicaner, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 18: “deterrimus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 21; 2, 2, 8, § 22; Liv. 3, 72; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 259, 3 Müll.; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; 21, 68.
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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    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 7.24
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.21
    • Plautus, Persa, 1.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 72
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