auctor

auctor ōris, m, rarely f

AVG-, a promoter, producer, father, progenitor : auctores generis: mihi Tantalus auctor, O.: auctore ab illo ducit originem, H.: sanguinis, V.— A builder, founder : Troiae, V.: auctor posuisset in oris Moenia, O.— A trustworthy writer, authority : satis certus, L.: valde bonus: iudicia proferre Herodoto auctore: carminis, H.: rerum Romanarum, an historian : auctores citare, L.: sunt qui male pugnatum ab his auctores sint, i. e. who assert , L.— An origina tor, performer, doer, cause : iniuriae: auctorem odimus, acta defendimus: culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, S.: nec auctor facinori deerat, L.: volneris, O.: muneris, the giver , O.: quis elegos emiserit auctor, who was the first to produce , H.— A responsible person, authority, narrator, teacher : in philosophiā, Cratippo auctore, versaris, as your teacher : hominibus auctoribus uti, cite as authorities : criminis ficti, O.: auctorem rumorem habere: non sordidus Naturae, H.: de cuius morte Thucydidem auctorem probamus, N.— A voucher, guarantor, security : gravis magnae rei (i. e. testis), L.: non si mihi Iuppiter auctor Spondeat, V.: auctores sumus, tutam ibi maiestatem fore, etc., we vouch for it , L: nubit nullis auctoribus, with no attesting witnesses : quod a malo auctore emisset, i. e. a seller without title : auctor benefici esse, i. e. hold himself responsible for : mulier sine tutore auctore, a guardian as voucher. — An example, model : Latinitatis: dicendi Plato: tui facti, precedent : habeo auctorem, quo facias hoc, H.— A counsellor, adviser, promoter : publici consili, i. e. a statesman : mei reditūs: audendi, who advise boldness , V.: meritorum auctore relictā, deserting the prompter of your exploits , O.: auctor est, ut agere incipiat, advises : mihi ut absim, auctor est: te auctore quod fecisset, under your influence , T.: me duce et auctore, by my influence and advice : idne estis auctores mihi? Do you advise it? T.: Ille populis fuit auctor transferre, etc., O.: regem populus iussit, patres auctores facti, i. e. ratified it , L.: id sic ratum esset, si patres auctores fierent, L.