pausarius

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

pausārĭus, ii, m. [pausa].

I A commander of the rowers , who with a hammer gave them the signal when to stop, a rowing-master , Sen. Ep. 56, 5 (cf. Ov. M. 3, 618, and v. hortator and portisculus).—

II pau-sārĭi , ōrum, m., the priests of Isis , who made processions in honor of the goddess, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 139 dub. (Rein. and Marin. Att. Frat. Arv. p. 249, instead of CORPORA PAVSARIORVM, read CORPORATI AVRARIORVM).