gerulus

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

gĕrŭlus, i, m. [gero].

A A bearer , carrier : nae ille alium gerulum (argenti) quaerat sibi, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 79; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72; Col. poët. 10, 310; Suet. Calig. 40; Sid. Ep. 8, 13; Inscr. Orell. 575; 874; 976; Schol. Juv. 6, 477.—

B One who does something, a doer : gerulus ὁ πράττων, ὁ πρακτήρ, Gloss. Philox.; cf. gerulifigulus.

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