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ēmissārĭus , ii, m. id.; sent out, put forth; hence,
I. An emissary, scout, spy, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8 Ascon.; 2, 3, 40; id. Fam. 7, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 18 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15; id. Dom. 11.—
B. Transf., in eccl. Lat.
1. An attendant, one of the guard, Vulg. 1 Reg. 22, 17.—
2. Caper emissarius, the scapegoat, sent to bear the sins of the people to the wilderness, Vulg. Levit. 16, 8 al.—
II. In botany, a young branch, a shoot, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.2.3
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.22
    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 22.17
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 11
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