gang Copy link Outline 1. grex, grĕgis, m. (also in good sense)2. căterva (a troop of armed men)3. ŏpĕrae, arum (a term applied to g.s of hired roughs)4. ergastŭla, orum (g.s of slaves compelled to work in chains)5. latrōcĭnium (a g. of robbers • gang: i. e. company; usu. with something of contempt 1. grex, grĕgis, m. (also in good sense): a g. of slaves, g. venalium, Pl. Cist. 4, 2, 67: a g. of men emasculated by vice, g. turpium morbo virorum, Hor. Od. 1, 37, 9: v. herd. 2. căterva (a troop of armed men): to occupy the forum with armed g.s of desperate men, forum armatis c. perditorum hominum possidere, Cic. Dom. 42, 110 v. troop. 3. ŏpĕrae, arum (a term applied to g.s of hired roughs): hired g.s, set on to plunder the city, operae conductae et ad diripiendam urbem concitatae, Cic. Sext. 17, init.: Clodius is strengthening his g.s, op. suas Clodius confirmat, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, med.: Tac. 4. ergastŭla, orum (g.s of slaves compelled to work in chains): to be tilled by g.s of chained slaves, coli ab erg., Plin. 18, 6, 7 § 36. Caes. 5. latrōcĭnium (a g. of robbers: rare), v. BANDITTI. Phr.: he divided the entire number of excavators into six g.s, in partes sex munitorum numerum divisit, Liv. 5, 19, fin.