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gerulus

gerulus · m

A bearer

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Where it lives

Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 3 · 2.37/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k

What it meant

gĕrŭlus — Lewis & Short

gĕrŭlus, i, m.id..

A A bearer, carrier: nae ille alium gerulum (argenti) quaerat sibi, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 79; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72; Col. poët. 10, 310; Suet. Calig. 40; Sid. Ep. 8, 13; Inscr. Orell. 575; 874; 976; Schol. Juv. 6, 477.—

B One who does something, a doer: gerulus o( pra/ttwn, o( prakth/r, Gloss. Philox.; cf. gerulifigulus.

In the wild

gerulorum Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.III.p2
gerulo Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.28
gerulus Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.14.p8
gerulus Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.VIII.p1
gerulus Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.39
gerulus Apuleius, Apologia 77

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Where it came from

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