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fartor

fartor · m

A stuffer

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Where it lives

Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

fartor — Lewis & Short

fartor, ōris, m.id..

I A stuffer, fattener of fowls, poulterer: pinguem quoque facere gallinam quamquam fartoris non rustici sit officium, Col. 8, 7, 1; Inscr. Grut. 580, 15; Inscr. Rein. cl. 9, no. 12: cuppedinarii omnes, cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 26; cf.: minimeque artes eae probandae quae ministrae sunt voluptatum, cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores, ut ait Terentius, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: cum scurris fartor, Hor. S. 2, 3, 229 (v. Dillenb. ad loc.).—

B A sausagemaker (only once in the doubtful passage): de nostro saepe edunt, quod fartores faciunt, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 12 (dub.; Spengel, qui custodem oblectant).—

II Transf.: fartores nomenclatores, qui clam velut infercirent nomina salutatorum in aurem candidati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 15 Müll.; cf.: fartori nomenclatori, Placid. p. 464.

In the wild

fartoris Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 8.7.1
fartor Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.3.229
fartores Terence, Eunuchus 2.2

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