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emissarius

emissarius · m

An emissary

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Where it lives

Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Divus Claudius 2 · 3.13/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
In C. Verrem 4 · 0.4/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2 · 0.28/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 3 · 0.26/10k
Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ēmissārĭus — Lewis & Short

ēmissārĭus, ii, m.id.; sent out, put forth; hence,

I An emissary, scout, spy, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8 Ascon.; 2, 3, 40; id. Fam. 7, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 18 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15; id. Dom. 11.—

B Transf., in eccl. Lat.

1 An attendant, one of the guard, Vulg. 1 Reg. 22, 17.—

2 Caper emissarius, the scapegoat, sent to bear the sins of the people to the wilderness, Vulg. Levit. 16, 8 al.—

II In botany, a young branch, a shoot, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208.

In the wild

emissarium Suetonius, Divus Claudius 32.1
emissarios Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.9.2
emissariis Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.91
emissariis Suetonius, Domitianus 11.1
emissarium Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2.13.p4
emissario Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 8.8.3

6 of 17 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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