The corpus record — Latin

mastīgŏphŏrus

mastīgŏphŏrus · m

a whip-bearer

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What it meant

mastīgŏphŏrus — Lewis & Short

mastīgŏphŏrus, i, m., = mastigofo/ros,

I a whip-bearer, i. e. a beadle, policeman, an officer whose duty it was to maintain order at the public shows (post-class.), Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 516; Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 17; Arn. 2, 23.

Where it came from

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