litterator

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

littĕrātor (lītĕr-), ōris, m. [littera]. *

I A teacher of reading and writing, an elementary instructor : litterator ruditatem eximit, grammaticus doctrinā instruit, Ap. Flor. p. 363, 5.—

II Transf., a grammarian, critic, philologist , Cat. 14, 9; Mart. Cap. 3, § 229; cf. Kopp ad loc.—

B In opp. to litteratus (a man of real learning), a smatterer, sciolist : alter litterator fuit, alter litteras sciens, Gell. 18, 9, 2; cf. id. 16, 6: Suet. Gram. 4.

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