The corpus record — Latin

creator

creator · m

A creator, author, begetter, founder

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Where it lives

Adversus Marcionem 778 · 93.92/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 10 · 12.03/10k
De Fide Catholica 2 · 10.37/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 3 · 5.08/10k
De Monogamia 3 · 4.3/10k
De Carne Christi 4 · 4.21/10k
Adversus Praxean 4 · 2.71/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 3 · 2.7/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 5 · 2.21/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 1 · 1.47/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

crĕātor — Lewis & Short

crĕātor, ōris, m.id..

I A creator, author, begetter, founder.

A In gen. (very rare): ipse deūm, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64; cf. thus of a father, Ov. M. 8, 309: creator atque opifex rerum, Luc. 10, 266: hujus urbis, Romulus, Cic. Balb. 13, 31.—

B The creator of the world, etc., God (eccl. Lat.), opp. creatura, Vulg. Rom. 1, 25; id. 1 Pet. 4, 19.—With gen.: mundi, Vulg. 2, Macc. 7, 23: omnium, id. Eccli. 24, 12 al.—

II One who elects or appoints to an office, Cod. Just. 10, 31, 59; Dig. 50, 8, 2, § 7 al.

In the wild

creatore Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.20
creatori Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.13
creatorem Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.25
creatoris Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 15
creatorem Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.33
creatoris Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.28

6 of 840 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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

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