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lībĕrātor , ōris, m. id.,
I.a freer, deliverer, liberator: “patriae liberatores,” Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: “urbis,” Liv. 1, 60: “nostri liberatores,” Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2: “liberator suus,” Liv. 6, 14: scortorum, * Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14.— “In apposition: liberator populus,” Liv. 35, 18 fin.—So as an epithet of Jupiter (like Ζευς ἐλευθέριος): “libare se liquorem illum Jovi liberatori,” Tac. A. 15, 64; 16, 35.—So in eccl. Lat. freq. of God: “refugium meum ac liberator meus,” Vulg. Psa. 17, 3.—
II. Transf.: “liberator ille populi Romani animus,” Liv. 1, 56.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 14.12.2
    • Cicero, Philippics, 1.2.6
    • Plautus, Persa, 3.3
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 17.3
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.64
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 56
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 60
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 14
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