I.a barker (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit., poet. for a dog: “Molossi,” Mart. 12, 1: “Anubis (who is represented with the head of a dog),” Verg. A. 8, 698; Ov. M. 9, 690.—
II. Transf., a bawler, brawler: “a viro bono in rabulam latratoremque converti,” Quint. 12, 9, 12.