proper noun
Antōnĭaster
Meaning
- a servile imitator of the orator Antonius
Antōnĭaster, tri, m. dim. from Antonius, as surdaster from surdus, parasitaster from parasitus; cf. Prisc. p. 628 P.,
I. a servile imitator of the orator Antonius, a petty Antony: hic noster Antoniaster, Cic. Varen. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 617 P.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Antōniaster trī, m
a servile imitator of the orator Antonius.