pretender
PRETENDER
*qui sibi petit deposcit aliquid. Pretender to a throne aemulus regni (Justinus): imperii affectator (Flor.): qui fasces regni sibi deberi contendit (Nolten.): two pretenders qui de regno inter se contendunt (Caes. B.G. 5 3).
*qui sibi petit deposcit aliquid. Pretender to a throne aemulus regni (Justinus): imperii affectator (Flor.): qui fasces regni sibi deberi contendit (Nolten.): two pretenders qui de regno inter se contendunt (Caes. B.G. 5 3).
pretender:
I. In gen. sense: sĭmŭlātor: Sall. See alsoIMPOSTOR .
II. One who claims the throne: *qui regnum affectat. (Affectator imperii populus, Flor. 2, 7, init., a people pretending to [universal] empire.)
I. In gen. sense: sĭmŭlātor: Sall. See also
II. One who claims the throne: *qui regnum affectat. (Affectator imperii populus, Flor. 2, 7, init., a people pretending to [universal] empire.)