librator

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

lībrātor, ōris, m. [libro].

I A leveller , esp. by means of a water-level, a surveyor , Cato R. R. 22, 1; Front. Aquaed. 105: superest ut tu libratorem vel architectum mittas, qui diligenter exploret, sitne lacus altior mari, Plin. Ep. 10, 50, 3.—

II One who throws or hurls weapons by hand (cf. funditor, a slinger ): funditores libratoresque excutere tela et proturbare hostem jubet, Tac. A. 2, 20: libratoribus funditoribusque attributus locus, id. ib. 13, 39; Inscr. ap. Kellerm. Vigil. p. 55, n. 127.

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