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recitator

recitator · m

a reader

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Where it lives

De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 2 · 0.96/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
De Inventione 1 · 0.3/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

rĕcĭtātor — Lewis & Short

rĕcĭtātor, ōris, m.id..

I Publicist's t. t., a reader of documents in judicial proceedings, Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139: tris ipse excitavit recitatores, id. Clu. 51, 141.—

II A reader, reciter of literary works (not anteAug.), Hor. A. P. 474; Sen. Ep. 95, 2; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2 al.

In the wild

recitator Pliny the Younger, Letters 1.13.2
recitatoris Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.XI.p4
recitator Horace, De Arte Poetica liber 474
recitatores Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 141
recitatoribus Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 140
Recitator Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 15.95.2

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Where it came from

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