talebearer
talebearer:
1. sy̆cophanta, m. (= συκοφάντης: orig. one who informed against those who illegally exported figs from Attica): Pl. Poen. 5, 2, 72: Ter. Andr. 4, 5, 20.
2. dēlator (a professional informer, esp. under the empire): he said he did not listen to t.s, negavit se delatoribus aures habere, Suet. Cal. 15, extr. Tac.: Juv.
3. fāmĭgĕrātor: Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 178.
4. gestor: Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 14.
5. sŭsurro (a whisperer: late and rare): Vulg. Prov. xxvi. 20: Sid.: v.INFORMER . Phr.: to practise the trade of a t., delationes factitare, Tac. H. 2, 10.
1. sy̆cophanta, m. (= συκοφάντης: orig. one who informed against those who illegally exported figs from Attica): Pl. Poen. 5, 2, 72: Ter. Andr. 4, 5, 20.
2. dēlator (a professional informer, esp. under the empire): he said he did not listen to t.s, negavit se delatoribus aures habere, Suet. Cal. 15, extr. Tac.: Juv.
3. fāmĭgĕrātor: Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 178.
4. gestor: Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 14.
5. sŭsurro (a whisperer: late and rare): Vulg. Prov. xxvi. 20: Sid.: v.