I. To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.): “ibit aliquo Latrocinatum,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198; id. Mil. 2, 6, 19: qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—
II. To practise freebooting, robbery, or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway: “Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere,” Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin.: “ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur,” id. Mil. 7, 17: “vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,” id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.—To commit piracy: “maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi,” Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—
B. Transf. *
1. Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize: “pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto,” Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—*
2. Of a physician who dissects a body: “mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum,” Cels. 1 praef.—Hence. lā^trōcĭnanter , adv., like a robber, Aug. Ep. 35, 3.
