conquisitor

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

conquīsītor (access. form in Plaut. conquistor; or, acc. to Lachm., con-quaestor), ōris, m. [conquiro].

I Milit. t. t., a recruiting officer , Cic. Mil. 25, 67; id. Att. 7, 21, 1; Liv. 21, 11, 13; 30, 7, 10; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 80.—

II In a theatre, a claqueur , Plaut. Am. prol. 65 and 82.

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