noun
pĭātrix
Meaning
- she that appeases the gods by a sacrifice
pĭātrix, īcis, f. piator,
I. she that appeases the gods by a sacrifice:
piatrix dicebatur sacerdos, quae expiare erat solita, quam quidam simulatricem, alii sagam, alii expiatricem vocant, Fest. p. 213 Müll. (in Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 101, read plicatricem).