architector

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

archĭtector, ātus, āri, v. dep. [architectus].

I Lit., to build , construct , make (rare): situm loci cujusdam ad suum arbitrium fabricari et architectari, Auct. ad Her. 3, 19, 32: Olympium, Vitr. 7, praef. 17: cardines, id. 9, 4.—

II Trop., to devise , invent , procure : voluptates, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 52 (cf. id. ib. 1, 10, 32: Epicurus architectus beatae vitae).☞ Pass. : Aedes Martis architectata ab Hermodoro Salaminio, ἀρχιτεκτονευθεῖσα, Nep. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

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