fulgurator

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

fulgŭrātor, ōris, m. [fulgur].

I A priest who interprets and propitiates lightning , a lightning-interpreter : fulguratores, ut extispices et haruspices, ita hi fulgurum inspectores. Cato de moribus Claudii Neronis: haruspicem, fulguratorem si quis adducat, Non. 63, 21 sq.; Cic. Div. 2, 53, 109. —Also written ‡ fulguriator, Inscr. Orell. 2301.—

II A lightning-hurler , App. de Mundo; Inscr. Grut. 21, 5; also written ‡ fulgerator, ib. 3; 4; Don. cl. 1, 1.

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