aestimator

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

aestĭmātor, ōris, m. [aestimo].

I One that estimates a thing according to its extrinsic value , a valuer , appraiser : frumenti, Cic. Pis. 35 fin. : callidi rerum aestimatores prata et areas quasdam magno aestimant, id. Par. 6, 3.—

II Trop., an estimator or valuer of a thing according to its intrinsic worth (while existimator is a judge): nemo erit tam injustus rerum aestimator, qui dubitet, etc., Cic. Marcell. 5: justus rerum aestimator, id. Or. 41: immodicus aestimator sui, Curt. 8, 1 al.

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