sulcator

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

sulcātor, ōris, m. [sulco], one who draws furrows, a furrower, plougher (in postAug. poets).

I Lit.: Leontini campi, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 939: patuli agri, Avien. Perieg. 587.—

II Transf., one who sails over , traverses , etc.: sulcator navita ponti, Sil. 7, 363: pigri Averni, i. e. Charon , Stat. Th. 11, 588; cf. undae, id. ib. 8, 18: Bagrada sulcator harenae, Luc. 4, 588.—

B A render , tearer , lacerator : lateris sulcator (vultur), Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 340.