conciliator

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

concĭlĭātor, ōris, m. [concilio].

I He who provides, prepares , or causes a thing; an author, founder, promoter , etc. (in good prose, but not in Cic.; cf. however: conciliatrix and conciliatricula): suillae carnis, who prepares it savorily, makes it palatable , Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8: nuptiarum, Nep. Att. 12, 2: proditionis, Liv. 27, 15, 17: adfinitatis atque amicitiae, Suet. Aug. 48; cf. Tac. A. 1, 58: piscis conciliator capturae (piscium), by which other fishes are caught , a decoy , Plin. 9, 59, 85, § 181 sq.—

II A procurer (in love-matters), Vop. Carin. 16, 5.

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