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tractator

tractator · m

A slave among the Romans

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What it meant

tractātor — Lewis & Short

tractātor, ōris, m.id..

I A slave among the Romans, who manipulated and suppled his master's limbs while anointing them; a shampooer, Sen. Ep. 66, 53.—
II A handler, treater of any thing. esp. of literary matters (post-class.): Origenes scaevus cavendusque tractator, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; 4, 11; Hier. in Helv. 6; Spart. Get. 4; Sulp. Sev. 1, 6.

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