tractātor, ōris, m. [tracto].
I A slave among the Romans , who manipulated and suppled his master’s limbs while anointing them; a shampooer , Sen. Ep. 66, 53.—
II A handler , treater of any thing. esp. of literary matters (post-class.): Origenes scaevus cavendusque tractator, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; 4, 11; Hier. in Helv. 6; Spart. Get. 4; Sulp. Sev. 1, 6.