salutator

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

sălūtātor, ōris, m. [saluto], one who greets; a greeter, saluter.

I In gen.: salutator regum, Stat. S. 2, 4, 29.—

II In partic. (cf. salutatio, II.), one who makes complimentary visits , who pays his respects to another, a visitor; also (in the time of the emperors), one who appears at court , a courtier , Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 34; Col. praef. § 9; Mart. 1, 71, 18; 10, 74, 2; Suet. Claud. 35; Juv. 5, 15.

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