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gstafleu · 04-20-2007, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben C Smith

The Latin at this point is latro, which can certainly mean a bandit or an insurrectionist. (The Vulgate uses it to translate the Greek ληστης, which is the word used of the two thieves next to Jesus.)

So could it be said that the people crucified, both in the Gospels and in Petronius, are "bad guys" rather than "thieves"?

Gerard Stafleu

Chris Weimer · 04-20-2007, 11:20 AM

Latro usually has the implication of mercenary bandits/rogue mercenaries, especially by the time Satyricon was supposedly written.

Liddel Scott lists ληστης as being robber, plunderer esp. pirate.

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Chris Weimer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: none Posts: 9,879	Latro usually has the implication of mercenary bandits/rogue mercenaries, especially by the time Satyricon was supposedly written. Liddel Scott lists ληστης as being robber, plunderer esp. pirate.

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