The corpus record — Latin

legislator

legislator · m

a law-giver, legislator

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Where it lives

Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

lēgis-lātor — Lewis & Short

lēgis-lātor and lēgum-lātor (in class. authors usu. written separately; v. lator), ōris, m.,

I a law-giver, legislator: noster legumlator, Liv. 34, 31; Quint. 7, 8, 13; id. Decl. 329; 334: legislator, Val. Max. 6, 5, n. 3 ext.: non satis in ea re legislatorem voluntatem suam verbis expressisse, Gai. Inst. 3, 76 al.

In the wild

legislator Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.7
legislatorem Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 6.5e.3

Where it came from

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