munitor

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

mūnītor, ōris, m. [1. munio],

a fortifier, a worker on fortifications, an engineer, miner , etc. (not in Cic. or Caes.), Tac. A. 1, 64: qui pro munitoribus armati steterant (al. munitionibus), Liv. 7, 23: munitorum numerus, miners , id. 5, 19, 11.—Poet.: Trojae, i. e. Apollo, the builder of the walls of Troy , Ov. H. 5, 139.

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