# Latro *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 12 Oct 2014* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes *12 Oct 2014, 17:25* Wiktionary lists three meanings for the Latin word "latro": 1. mercenary 2. highwayman; brigand 3. chessman; pawn I've seen some discussion of Latro's role as a mercenary, somewhat less of his role as a pawn. But has anyone anything to say about his role as a brigand? ``` Dan'l Danehy-Oakes ``` --- ### Marc Aramini *12 Oct 2014, 18:46 · in reply to Dan'l Danehy-Oakes* Anything manly or combative is under Latro's provenance, since he is closely associated with Pleistorus and Ares. In the texts I think much was made of "Latro" meaning simply something close to soldier ... brigand might be simply something of a pejorative view of a free company man of arms. [ He doesn't have to fit every definition of the word, after all - might be like trying to take "He lies in bed" as indicating someone who prevaricates while supine.] > On 10/12/14, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote: > Wiktionary lists three meanings for the Latin word "latro": > 1. mercenary > 2. highwayman; brigand > 3. chessman; pawn > > I've seen some discussion of Latro's role as a mercenary, somewhat less of > his role as a pawn. But has anyone anything to say about his role as a > brigand? > > -- > Dan'l Danehy-Oakes ---