prōmus, a, um, adj. [promo].
I In economic lang., of or belonging to giving out , distributing. cella, a store-room , larder , Tert. Res. Carn. 27.—
2 Subst.: prō-mum , i, a store-room , Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 4 fin. —Much more freq.,
II Subst.: prōmus , i, m., a giver out , distributor of provisions (opp. condus, the keeper of them); and hence, in gen., a cellarer , steward , butler , Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 6; id. Ps. 2, 2, 14: foris est promus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 5; Col. 12, 3, 9; Aus. Ep. 22, 20.—
B Transf.: librorum, he who gives out books from a library , a librarian , Ap. Mag. p. 308, 17: ego meo sum promus pectori, I keep the key of my own breast , i. e. I guard my heart against evil , Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 44.