I.a maker, builder, framer, establisher, founder, author, compiler, etc.
I. Prop. (class.; most freq. in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).
(α).
With gen.: “Romanae arcis,” Verg. A. 8, 313: “oppidum magnum, cujus conditor,” Sall. J. 89, 4: “simulacra infantium conditorum urbis,” i. e. Romulus and Remus, Liv. 10, 23, 12; cf.: “casa illa conditoris nostri,” id. 5, 53, 8; cf. “of the founders of states,” Ov. M. 4, 566; 14, 849; *Hor. A. P. 394; Quint. 2, 16, 9; 3, 2, 4 al.; Suet. Aug. 7; 98 Bremi al.: “tanti regni Cyrus,” Just. 2, 10: historiae, Ov. lb. 522; Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29: “Romani anni,” i. e. author of the Fasti, Ov. F. 6, 21: “scientiae medicorum,” Sen. Ep. 95, 20: “pessimorum carminum,” Curt. 8, 5, 8: “legum atque jurium,” Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 86; cf.: “legum lator conditorque Romani juris,” Liv. 3, 58, 2: “ejus sacri,” id. 39, 17, 7: “Romanae libertatis,” id. 8, 34, 3; 1, 42, 4: “mundi,” Sen. Ep. 119, 15; id. Phoen. 655.—Rarely,
(β).
Absol.: T. Sicinium ... conditorem Veios sequantur, i. e. who advises a removal to Veii, κτιστήν, Liv. 5, 24, 11: “conditorum, parentum, deorum numero nobis eritis,” id. 7, 30, 19: “sacrificium quod Aeneae conditori faciunt,” id. 40, 4, 9: “humilis,” writer, author, Tib. 4, 1, 4.—In a sarcastic pun: “ipse conditor totius negotii Guttam aspergit huic Balbo (with allusion to the meaning of condo, to lay up fruits, cf. the foll.),” Cic. Clu. 26, 71.—