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cavillator, caulator
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Orthography ID = 2009229
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LNS
cavillātor, cavillātōris
(caulātor, caulātōris)
cavillo
noun (m., 3
rd
declension)
a jester, jeerer, caviller
a sophist
Abbreviations
cavillātor (caulāt-, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 13), ōris, m.
id., a jester, jeerer, caviller: facetus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 46: probus, id. Truc. 3, 2, 15; * Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2; Gell. 4, 20, 3.
— Meton., a sophist, Sen. Ep. 102, 20.