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aestimator

aestimator · m

One that estimates a thing according to its extrinsic value

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

aestĭmātor — Lewis & Short

aestĭmātor, ōris, m.aestimo.

I One that estimates a thing according to its extrinsic value, a valuer, appraiser: frumenti, Cic. Pis. 35 fin.: callidi rerum aestimatores prata et areas quasdam magno aestimant, id. Par. 6, 3.—
II Trop., an estimator or valuer of a thing according to its intrinsic worth (while existimator is a judge): nemo erit tam injustus rerum aestimator, qui dubitet, etc., Cic. Marcell. 5: justus rerum aestimator, id. Or. 41: immodicus aestimator sui, Curt. 8, 1 al.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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