incubator

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

incŭbātor, ōris, m. [incubo].

I One who lies in any place (post-class.): fani, one who sleeps in a temple , Tert. Anim. 49.—

II An oppressive or unlawful possessor : inclementissimus aulae Siculae Dionysius, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10: imperii tyrannus dicitur, Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 266.

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