noun
lībrātor
Meaning
- A leveller
lībrātor, ōris, m. id..
I. A leveller, esp. by means of a water-level, a surveyor, Cato, R. R. 22, 1; Front. Aquaed. 105:
superest ut tu libratorem vel architectum mittas, qui diligenter exploret, sitne lacus altior mari, Plin. Ep. 10, 50, 3.—II. One who throws or hurls weapons by hand (cf. funditor, a slinger):
funditores libratoresque excutere tela et proturbare hostem jubet, Tac. A. 2, 20: libratoribus funditoribusque attributus locus, id. ib. 13, 39; Inscr. ap. Kellerm. Vigil. p. 55, n. 127.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lībrātor see lībritor.