cavillator

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

căvillātor (caulāt-, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 13), ōris, m. [cavillor],

I a jester , jeerer , caviller : facetus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 46: probus, id. Truc. 3, 2, 15; * Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2; Gell. 4, 20, 3.—

II Meton., a sophist , Sen. Ep. 102, 20.

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