I. Lit., a servant, esp. of priests, Suet. Gram. 12; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 268; Inscr. Orell. 2431 sqq.; so freq. in inscriptions.—
II. In gen., any servant, attendant; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 38 and 225 Müll.: “egomet mihi comes, calator, equus, agaso, armiger,” Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 11; id. Ps. 4, 2, 52; id. Rud. 2, 3, 5.