depulsor

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

dēpulsor, ōris, m. [depello],

one who drives away, removes, repels (rare): dominatus, * Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 27: malorum, Lact. 2, 14, 13: alius vel servator honorum vel malorum depulsor, Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, 6.—In inscriptions, an epithet of Jupiter, as the averter of evil (cf. Averruncus), Inscr. Orell. 2232 al.

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