crĕātor, ōris, m. [creo].
I A creator, author, begetter, founder .
A In gen. (very rare): ipse deūm, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64; cf. thus of a father , Ov. M. 8, 309: creator atque opifex rerum, Luc. 10, 266: hujus urbis, Romulus, Cic. Balb. 13, 31.—
B The creator of the world , etc., God (eccl. Lat.), opp. creatura, Vulg. Rom. 1, 25; id. 1 Pet. 4, 19.—With gen.: mundi, Vulg. 2, Macc. 7, 23: omnium, id. Eccli. 24, 12 al.—
II One who elects or appoints to an office , Cod. Just. 10, 31, 59; Dig. 50, 8, 2, § 7 al.