MATERNUS-LATRO Sorbanus brought the skewbald stallion.

There were only two words, smeared with red paint by a forefinger, underneath the official letters S.P.Q.R.: "Maternus-Latro.

"I am Maternus-Latro.

One of the slaves, who can read, declares that the words on the parchment he burned were "Maternus Latro," and that it was the identical parchment he had seen hanging from Maternus' neck on the cross.

Et inuenitur ibi rarius vespilio, latro, fur, homicida, iniurians, adulter, aut fornicarius, quia tales criminatores inuestigatione sollicita requiruntur, et sine redemptione aliqua perimuntur.

to see a lamb executed, a wolf pronounce sentence, latro arraigned, and fur sit on the bench, the judge severely punish others, and do worse himself, cundem furtum facere et punire, rapinam plectere, quum sit ipse raptor?

Tu pessimus omnium latro es, as a thief told Alexander in Curtius.

Tu pessimus omnium latro es, as Demetrius the Pirate told Alexander in Curtius.

Opprobrium non est paupertas: quod latro eripit, aut pater non reliquit, cur mihi vitio daretur, si fortuna divitias invidit? non aquilae, non, &c. 3721.

There is a crab, I know, which lives on coconuts, enjoying the scientific name of Birgus latro, the Burglar; but it seems to be a special invention, as big as a cat and armed with two fearful pairs of pincers in front for rending the outside casings of the fruits, and a more delicate tool on its hind-legs for picking out the meat.

BAR'GULUS, an Illyrian robber or pirate. Bargulus, Illyrius latro, de quo est apud Theopompum magnas opes habuit.

The introduction of 'Pan Arcadiae deus' and of a character 'Cacius Latro' show that the piece was influenced both by the mythological drama and the romance of adventure.

Magellan named these islands the Ladrones from the Latin word "latro," meaning a robber, because of the thievish propensities of the natives.