coniector

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

conjector, ōris, m. [conicio, I. B. 1.], he who interprets, explains, or divines something, an interpreter.

I In gen.: conjectore Oedipo orationi opus est, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34.—

II In partic., a diviner, interpreter of dreams, a seer, soothsayer : somniorum atque ominum interpretes conjectores vocantur, Quint. 3, 6, 30; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76; id. Curc. 2, 1, 34; Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45; 2, 28, 62; id. Part. Or. 2, 6; Quint. 3, 6, 30; 5, 7, 36.

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