(adjective) : ămātor, ōris, m.id..
* A lover, a friend, in an honorable sense (syn.: amans, amicus, studiosus): vir bonus amatorque noster, Cic. Att. 1, 20: urbis, Ruris,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 1; so, sapientiae, Cic. Tim. fin.: pacis,id. Att. 14, 10: antiquitatis,Nep. Att. 18: amatores Catoni desunt,i. e. readers of his writings,Cic. Brut. 17, 66 (cf. just before: Catonem quis nostrorum oratorum legit?).
* In a dishonorable sense, a lover, paramour, gallant, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 28; so id. ib. 2, 1, 30: amator mulierum,id. Men. 2, 1, 43: Philocomasio amator (dat. for Philocomasii), id. Mil. 5, 38: adulter an amator,Cic. Cael. 20: aliud est amatorem esse, aliud amantem,id. Tusc. 4, 12, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 38 al.—* Used as : amatores oculi,App. M. 5, p. 169 med.

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