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portĭtor , ōris, m. portus,
I.a tollgatherer (at a seaport), a receiver or collector of customs, a custom-house officer (syn. telonarius), Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 1, 3, 7; Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Agr. 2, 23, 61; id. Rep. 4, 7, 20 (Non. 24, 22); “they forwarded letters: epistulam ... ad portitores esse delatam,Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 100; cf.: portitorum simillimae sunt januae lenoniae; “Si adfers, tum patent,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 88.—On account of their strict examinations, transf., a woman who pries into every thing, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 8.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.23.61
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.4
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.3
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 1.2
    • Cicero, De Republica, 4.7
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.42
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