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sător , ōris, m. id..
I. Lit., a sower, planter, Varr. R. R. 1, 45, 3; Lucr. 2, 1168; Cic. N. D. 2, 34; Col. 3, 15, 3; Plin. 15, 1, 1, § 3; Vulg. Jer. 50, 16.—
B. Poet., transf., a begetter, father, creator: caelestum sator, i. e. Jupiter, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21; “also termed hominum sator atque deorum,Verg. A. 1, 254; 11, 725: “hominum (with deorum genitor),Phaedr. 3, 17, 10: “rerum,Sil. 4, 432: “aevi,id. 9, 306: “verus Alcidae sator,Sen. Herc. Fur. 357: “annorum nitidique mundi,” i. e. Janus, Mart. 10, 28, 1: “qui et sator omnium deorum fuit,Lact. 1, 23, 5.—
II. Trop., a sower, promoter, author (very rare; “not in Cic.): sator sartorque scelerum,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 3: “litis,Liv. 21, 6, 2: turbarum. Sil. 8, 260.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 50.16
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.5
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.254
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1168
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 6
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 357
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.34
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.15.3
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