agaso

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

ăgāso, ōnis, m. [ago, as Sanscr. agas from ag; v. ago],

I a driver , but esp. one who drives and takes care of horses , a hostler , groom , Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 11: duo equi cum agasonibus, Liv. 43, 5: agasonem cum equo, Plin. 35, 11, 40, 134, n. 29.—

II Contemptuously, a low servant , lackey : si patinam frangat agaso, Hor. S. 2, 8, 72; Pers. 5, 76.

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