Meaning of viātor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. traveller, wayfarer
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2. a cognomen famously held by
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3. summoner, messenger: an officer employed by the state for taking messages, etc.
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4. a cognomen famously held by:
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5. Calventius Viator, a Roman soldier
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Equivalents

Examples

“Ā vīllā in Senātum arcessēbātur et Curius et cēterī senēs; ex quō, quī eōs arcessēbant viātōrēs nōminātī sunt.”

Curius and other elders were summoned from their country estates to the Senate; it is for this reason that [the officials] who used to summon them were given the name viatores, [or “travelers.”] (In other words, such duties meant that the summoners were always “on the road” or via.)

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