Gladiâtor, pen. prod. tôris, m. g. Ci. One playing with a sworde.Gladiatores.Cic.Sworde players in Rome sette togither in matches to fight before the people in common games therby to accustome them not to be afraid of killing in warre.Familiæ gladiatorum. Ci. Tompanies of sword players.Centum paria gladiatorum. Horat. Sicarijr & gladiatores homines.Cic.Importunissimus gladiator.Cic.Gladiator armorum inscius, Quint.Vetus ac nobilis gladiator. Ci. An old and famou s cut throt. Bonus gladiator Cic.Cum bustuario gladiatore decertare.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
glădĭātor, ōris, m. [gladius; cf. digladior], a swordsman, fighter in the public games, a gladiator (cf.: lanista, mirmillo, secutor, retiarius, bestiarius, pugil, athleta). I.Lit.: athletae et gladiatores, Cic. Or. 68, 228: gladiatorum spectaculum, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: ut emat gladiatores, id. Sull. 19, 55: ut gladiatoribus imperari solet, id. Sest. 37, 80: nobiles, id. Phil. 3, 14, 35: tam bonus gladiator rudem tam cito accepisti, id. ib. 2, 29, 74: quis tota Italia veneficus, quis gladiator, quis latro, quis sicarius, etc., id. Cat. 2, 4, 7.—As a term of reproach: Gracchorum potentiam majorem fuisse arbitramini quam hujus gladiatoris (i. e. Antonii) futura sit?Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 32; 7, 6, 17; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, 146: vetus proverbium est, gladiatorem in arena capere consilium, Sen. Ep. 22, 1: (gladiatorum) emptio et venditio, an locatio et conductio, Gai. Inst. 3, 146.—B.Transf., in plur., a combat of gladiators, gladiatorial exhibition: rumor venit datum iri gladiatores; populus convolat, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 32; Cic. Sest. 64, 133 and 135; Suet. Tit. 7: edere, id. Aug. 45; id. Dom. 4: edendis gladiatoribus praesedit, Tac. A. 1, 76: locum gladiatoribus dare, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 9, 7, 16; abl. absol.: gladiatoribus,
at a show of gladiators
, id. ib. 2, 19, 3; cf.: ut Romam vitet gladiatoribus, Lucil. ap. Non. 165, 14; Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; cf.: gladiatores, quod spectaculum inter epulas erat, eo ornatu armarunt (Campani), etc., Liv. 9, 40, 17.— II.A swordcutler: carpentarii, scandularii, gladiatores, aquilices, tubarii, etc., Dig. 50, 6, 6.