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glădĭātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [gladiator], of or belonging to gladiators, gladiatorial.

  1. I. Adj.: ludus, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9: certamen, id. de Or. 2, 78, 317: familia, a band or troop of gladiators, id. Sest. 64, 134; Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 4; Sall. C. 30, 7: munus, Suet. Caes. 10; 39; id. Tib. 7; 37; 40; id. Calig. 18; 26 et saep.: consessus, spectators assembled at gladiatorial shows, Cic. Sest. 58, 124; cf. locus, a place for witnessing the same, id. Mur. 35, 73: gladiatoria corporis firmitas, id. Phil. 2, 25, 63: animus, i. e. desperate, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71: ad munus gladiatorium edendum, Liv. 28, 21, 1: spectaculum, id. ib. § 2; Tac. A. 14, 17: Venus, i. e. clinopale, concubitus, App. M. 2, p. 121.
  2. II. Subst.: glădĭātōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. praemium, auctoramentum), the hire or pay of gladiators, for which freemen engaged as gladiators in the public games: gladiatorio accepto decem talentis, Liv. 44, 31 fin.
    Adv.:
    glădĭātōrĭe, in the manner of a gladiator: quae gladiatorie, quae lenonice faceret, Lampr. Comm. 15, § 4.