dictātor ōris, m dicto.

—In Rome, a dictator, chief magistrate with unlimited power (in great emergencies, superseding ordinary magistracies): lex de dictatore lata, Cs.: nomen dictatoris sustulisti: creandi dictatoris mentio, L.

—In other cities, a dictator, absolute ruler: Lanuvii: dictatorem Albani Mettium creant, L.