lanista

lănista, ae, m., a trainer of gladiators, fencing-master (class.; cf.: gladiator, athleta, pugil).

• I Lit.: num ille lanista omnino jam a gladiatore recessisse videtur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118: reus, tamquam clemens lanista, id. Att. 1, 16, 3: regia verba lanistae, Juv. 11, 8: circumforaneus, Suet. Vit. 12: lanistarum familias ex urbe expellere, id. Aug. 42; Juv. 6, 215.—So of fowls: rixosarum avium, Col. 8, 2, 5.—
• II Transf., an inciter, instigator, agitator; one who stimulates to wrong or violence: hic se ad eum lanistam contulit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17: ne videret unius corporis duas acies, lanista Cicerone, dimicantes. Ego lanista? Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 40: lanistis Aetolis dimicare, Liv. 35, 33, 6.

lanista, ae, m., I) der Lehrmeister der Gladiatoren, der Gladiatorenmeister (wobei zu bemerken, daß die lanistae ganze Banden Gladiatoren hielten u. zu den Gladiatorenspielen vermieteten), Cic. ad Att. 1, 16, 3; Rosc. Am. 17 u. 118. Suet. Aug. 42, 3. Mart. 11, 66, 3. Iuven. 11, 8. Amm. 19, 12, 1. – II) übtr.: a) der Abrichter der Kampfhähne, rixosarum avium, Colum. 8, 2, 5. – b) (weil die lanistae die Gladiatoren paarweise gegeneinander auftreten ließen) der Zusammenhetzer zweier zum Kampfe, lanistā Cicerone, v. Cicero zusammengehetzt, Cic. Phil. 13, 40: u. so lanistis Aetolis, Liv. 35, 33, 6. – ➳ Nach Isid. orig. 10, 159 ist lanista (von lanio, āre) urspr. ein tuskisches Wort = carnifex.

1 lanista [CL] 1 master or manager of gladiators, (loosely) gladiator. †lamsta [l. lanista], magister gladiatorum GlC L 14; ~ae, gladiatores Ib. 18. 2 (senses arising from assoc. w. laniare): a butcher. b one who hacks, mangles (a person’s body; in quot., w. obj. gen.). c torturer, executioner. d slaughterer, murderer, cut-throat. a lanistra, macellarius in macello carnes dividit Gl. Leid. 45. 19; Ælf. Sup. 189. 17 (v. lanio a); boscida, qui boves scindit, ~a, macellarius Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 79; Ib. 312, 363 (v. lanio a); Ib. 326 (v. laniator); a fleschour, carnifex, bubalus, ~a, boviscida, lanio, macellarius, macellio CathA.  b cur ‥ se moriens ‥ excarnificaret ipse sui corporis horrendus ~a, nisi novi sceleris conscius esset? W. Malm. GR II 167 p. 195 (cf. ib. 172: se dilaniari ‥ jussit).  c cum ‥ nec sic Hinguar furcifer eum ~is assensum prebere conspiceret ‥, lictori mandat ‥ ut amputet caput ejus Abbo Edm. 10; miser mori quam fuscatus vivere maluit, et ~is perurgentibus in quantum potuit ad detrimentum sui obstitit Ord. Vit. XII 39 p. 461 (cf. ib.: carnifices); matrem cum filio lanista laceret, / eisdem fodiat clavis et vulneret Walt. Wimb. Carm. 613 (cf. ib. 611: carnifex).  d licet jam exspoliatus, jam protenso jugulo, miseratione ~arum Anglie sue reservatus est W. Malm. GP III 100 p. 14 (cf. ib.: carnifices); cruentissimus nutricius ‥ fossam parat in qua eum citius obruat; verum ‥ puer expergiscens consilium prevenit ~e V. Kenelmi B f. 81ra; sevus ~a ‥ in Normannos furibundus irruit, rura eorum ‥ conflagravit, et milites ‥ usque ad mortem ‥ cruciatibus afflixit Ord. Vit. XI 3 p. 177; inconsultum erat ‥ inter tot pedestris multitudinis ~as longe imparem militie sue cuneum obviam exponere G. Steph. 89 p. 172; adhuc ‥ laborabant ~e iniqui ne ‥ corpus martyris sepulture ‥ traderetur M. Par. Maj. I 399; iratus acuit lanista [sc. Herod] gladium, / ut tollat teneram turmam infancium Walt. Wimb. Carm. 231. 3 (in derogatory uses derived from 1 or 2 above). imperatoris judicium ‥ sequendum, non ~arum [‘butchers’] vel pellificum Romanorum W. Malm. GR III 289; hunc ‥ balburrum, susoronem, ~am [gl.: bucher u pendur de laruns, macecrer, turmentur, etc.], abigium nolo ut cognoscas Balsh. Ut. 48.

2 lanista [ML] , wool-merchant. s1294 induxit mercatores Anglie ad concedendum regi quadraginta solidos de quolibet sacco lane ‥; et quia contra ~as peccavit, in navi onusta lanis a fluctibus est absorptus Ann. Dunstable 389.

lănista, (12) æ, m. , laniste, maître de gladiateurs : Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3 ; Juv. 11, 8 || [fig.] lanista avium Col. Rust. 8, 2, 5, celui qui dresse des oiseaux au combat || directeur de combat [celui qui oppose les adversaires lʼun à lʼautre] : Ant. d. Cic. Phil. 13, 40 ; Liv. 35, 33, 6.

lanista , ae. m.
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lanista ae, m

• a trainer of gladiators, fencingmaster: clemens: regia verba lanistae, Iu.—An inciter, instigator, agitator, ringleader: acies, lanistā Cicerone, dimicantes: lanistis Aetolis dimicare, L.

Lanista

The Roman name for a fencing-master or trainer of gladiators. See gladiatores.