cūrātor (noun M) : (old orthog. COERATOR
* V.the foll.), , m.id., he who cares for or takes charge of a thing, a manager, overseer, superintendent, keeper.
* In gen.: ludorum,Plaut. Poen. prol. 36: suntoque aediles coeratores urbis annonae ludorumque solemnium,Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: viae Flaminiae,id. Att. 1, 1, 2: aviarii,a bird-keeper,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; cf. apum,Col. 9, 9, 1: pavonini gregis,id. 8, 11, 2; and gallinarius,Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7: fidus negotiorum,Sall. J. 71, 3: munerum ac venationum,Suet. Calig. 27: restituendae Campaniae,id. Tit. 8: restituendi Capitolii,Gell. 2, 10, 2 et saep.: muris reficiendis,Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19: legibus agrariis,id. Agr. 2, 7, 17: curator, qui statuis faciundis praeesset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144: reipublicae,Sall. J. 110, 6: urbis,Amm. 14, 7, 17.
* In partic., a legal t. t., a guardian, curator, trustee (of a minor, an imbecile, an absent person, etc.), Gai Inst. 1, 200; Dig. libb. 26 et 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 4, 11; Jul. Cap. Vit. M. Aur. 10 et saep.; v. Dict. of Antiq.

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