I.a peak-snatcher, i. e. a gladiator, Juv. 3, 158; cf.: pinnirapos autem dicit, lanistas ex habitu gladiatorum, quia post mortem retiarii pinnam, id est manicam rapit, ut ostendat populo se vicisse, Vet. Schol. ad loc.
pinnĭrăpus , i, m. 1. pinna-rapio,
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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