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crĕātor , ōris, m. id..
I. A creator, author, begetter, founder.
A. In gen. (very rare): ipse deūm, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64; cf. thus of a father, Ov. M. 8, 309: “creator atque opifex rerum,” Luc. 10, 266: “hujus urbis, Romulus,” Cic. Balb. 13, 31.—
B. The creator of the world, etc., God (eccl. Lat.), opp. creatura, Vulg. Rom. 1, 25; id. 1 Pet. 4, 19.—With gen.: “mundi,” Vulg. 2, Macc. 7, 23: “omnium,” id. Eccli. 24, 12 al.—
II. One who elects or appoints to an office, Cod. Just. 10, 31, 59; Dig. 50, 8, 2, § 7 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • New Testament, Romans, 1.25
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 13.31
    • Old Testament, Ecclesiasticus, 24.12
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.309
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