comissator

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

cōmissātor (cōmess-), ōris, m. [comissor],

I one who holds or joins in a festive procession , a reveller , Ter. Ad. 783; Cic. Cael. 28, 67; Liv. 40, 7, 8; 40, 9, 1; Quint. 3, 6, 26; Petr. 65, 3; Mart. 9, 62, 15; Gell. 4, 14, 4 al.—

II Trop.: libellus, a book of songs used in a comissatio, Mart. 5, 16, 9: comissatores conjurationis, in contempt for the companions , participants , in the Catilinian conspiracy , Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11.

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