Lewis Short
ănĭmātor (noun M) : id.
* He that quickens or animates (post-class., oftenest in the Church fathers): animarum,Tert. Apol. 48; so Prud. στεφ. 10, 788.—Trop.: marmoris signifex animator,Capitol. 1, p. 13.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary