contionator

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

contĭōnātor, ōris, m. [contionor],

a haranguer of the people; in a bad sense, a demagogue, a political agitator , Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9 (opp. animus vere popularis); Front. Ep. ad Ver. 1, p. 171; cf.: contionator, allocutor multitudinis, Isid. Orig. 10, 38.

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