I.of or pertaining to the place where dead bodies were burned: “gladiator,” that fought at a funeral pile in honor of the dead, Cic. Pis. 9, 19; Tert. Spect. 11; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 519 (Cicero so calls Clodius, in the passage cited, on account of a tumult which he caused at the funeral ceremonies that Cicero's brother made in honor of Marius): “moecha,” she who prostitutes herself among tombs, Mart. 3, 93, 15: “altare,” upon which men were offered, Tert. Pall. 4: “latro = bustirapus,” Amm. 28, 1, 12.
bustŭārĭus , a, um, adj. 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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