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cultor (noun M) : id..
* Prop., one who bestows care or labor upon a thing, an elaborator, cultivator, etc.: agrorum,Liv. 2, 34, 11; 4, 25, 4: agri,id. 40, 29, 3; cf. agricultor: virentis agelli,Hor. A. P. 117: terrae,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: vitis,a vine-dresser,id. Fin. 5, 14, 40: alveorum,a bee-master, apiarist,Col. 9, 3, 1.—Poet., of a bullock: pauperis agri,Ov. F. 5, 515.
* Absol., a cultivator or tiller of land, a husbandman, planter, Sall. J. 46, 5; Liv. 21, 34, 1; 28, 11, 9; Quint. 2, 19, 2; Verg. A. 8, 8; Ov. M. 1, 425: cultores (opp. oppidani),countrymen,Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. H. 2, 87.
* Trop. (acc. to colo, II. A. and B.).
* A fosterer, supporter: bonorum (with fautor),Liv. 9, 46, 13: fidissimus imperii Romani (Hiero),id. 26, 32, 4: juvenum,a tutor, teacher,Pers. 5, 63: veritatis, fraudis inimici,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109; cf. aequi,Ov. M. 5, 100: juris et aequarum legum,Mart. 10, 37, 1: amicitiae,Liv. 25, 28, 8; Mart. 9, 84, 4.
* A worshipper, reverencer: deorum,Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: numinis,Ov. M. 1, 327: diligentissimus religionum,Liv. 5, 50, 1.—Also absol., Verg. A. 11, 788.—Hence, in later relig. lang., a priest of some deity: deūm matris,a priest of Cybele,Suet. Oth. 8; cf. Inscr. Orell. 938; 1578.
* Prop., one who bestows care or labor upon a thing, an elaborator, cultivator, etc.: agrorum,Liv. 2, 34, 11; 4, 25, 4: agri,id. 40, 29, 3; cf. agricultor: virentis agelli,Hor. A. P. 117: terrae,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: vitis,a vine-dresser,id. Fin. 5, 14, 40: alveorum,a bee-master, apiarist,Col. 9, 3, 1.—Poet., of a bullock: pauperis agri,Ov. F. 5, 515.
* Absol., a cultivator or tiller of land, a husbandman, planter, Sall. J. 46, 5; Liv. 21, 34, 1; 28, 11, 9; Quint. 2, 19, 2; Verg. A. 8, 8; Ov. M. 1, 425: cultores (opp. oppidani),countrymen,Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. H. 2, 87.
* Trop. (acc. to colo, II. A. and B.).
* A fosterer, supporter: bonorum (with fautor),Liv. 9, 46, 13: fidissimus imperii Romani (Hiero),id. 26, 32, 4: juvenum,a tutor, teacher,Pers. 5, 63: veritatis, fraudis inimici,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109; cf. aequi,Ov. M. 5, 100: juris et aequarum legum,Mart. 10, 37, 1: amicitiae,Liv. 25, 28, 8; Mart. 9, 84, 4.
* A worshipper, reverencer: deorum,Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: numinis,Ov. M. 1, 327: diligentissimus religionum,Liv. 5, 50, 1.—Also absol., Verg. A. 11, 788.—Hence, in later relig. lang., a priest of some deity: deūm matris,a priest of Cybele,Suet. Oth. 8; cf. Inscr. Orell. 938; 1578.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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