Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Lanius

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

LAN'IUS (κρεουργός). One who buys cattle to slaughter, and sell the meat; a butcher, or meat salesman (Varro, R. R. ii. 5. 11, Phaedr. iii. 4.); whence transferred in a more general sense to an executioner (Plaut. Pseud. i. 3. 98.); and to one who buys and sells cattle for slaughtering at the sacrifice. (Varro, l. c.)