rŏgātor, ōris, m. [rogo].
I In publicists’ lang., *
A One who proposes a law to the people , the proposer of a law , presenter of a bill : legum, Lucil. ap. Non. 383, 14 (v. infra, II. A.). —
B An officer in the voting comitia who asked the people for their votes , a collector of votes , a polling-clerk , Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11: justus comitiorum rogator, id. Div. 1, 17, 33; 2, 35, 74: vos rogatores, vos diribitores, vos custodes fuisse tabularum, id. Pis. 15, 36.—
II Transf., in gen., *
A One who makes a proposal , a proposer (in allusion to the signif. I. A.): haec epistula non suasoris est sed rogatoris, Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 9. —
B A beggar , mendicant , Mart. 4, 30, 13; 10, 5, 4.