nomenclator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nomenclator, nomenclatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
one who address person by name; slave who announced guests/dishes; an official;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...bene noverat quam paedagogos nostros novimus. Nemo vetulus nomenclator, qui nomina non reddit sed imponit, tam perperam tribus..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...secesseris: alioquin habebis convivas quos ex turba salutantium nomenclator digesserit; errat autem qui amicum in atrio quaerit..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...alia diis sacrata supplicum sanguine foedarentur. LYDVS The nomenclators, as Aemilius says in his commentary on the Histories..."