dēlātor (noun M) : id.
* An accuser, informer, denouncer (only post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tacit. and Suet.): judices ... delatores,Quint. 9, 2, 74; cf. 3, 10, 3: delatorum judicium, quasi latronum,Plin. Pan. 34, 1 sq.; 35, 1; Suet. Tib. 45; 61; Tac. A. 6, 40; id. H. 1, 2 et saep.: majestatis,i. e. of hightreason,Tac. A. 2, 50; cf.: Papiae legis,i. e. one who denounces a violation of it,Suet. Ner. 10.

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