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suffrāgātor (subf- ), ōris, m. id.,
I.one who votes for another, a supporter, partisan, suffragator (class.): “suffragatorum comparatio,” Cic. Mur. 21, 44: “historicis notior, suffragatoribus obscurior,” id. ib. 7, 16: “ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt,” Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35: “meus in petendis honoribus,” Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6; id. Pan. 92, 3: “competitoris sui suffragatorem agere,” Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: “candidati laborare desiimus: suffragatores incipimus,” Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 5.—With gen.-obj.: “quaesturae,” for the office of quæstor, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—
II. Transf., in gen., a favorer, supporter: “te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar,” Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 20: “propter studia suffragatorum,” Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18: “cum suffragatore suo,” Suet. Vesp. 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 5; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 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 (8):
    • null, 9.35
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 21.44
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.4
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 23
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.20.5
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 4.17.6
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 7.28.2
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.5.3
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