I.v. the foll.), ōris, m. id., he who cares for or takes charge of a thing, a manager, overseer, superintendent, keeper.
I. In gen.: “ludorum,” Plaut. Poen. prol. 36: “suntoque aediles coeratores urbis annonae ludorumque solemnium,” Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: “viae Flaminiae,” id. Att. 1, 1, 2: “aviarii,” a bird-keeper, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; cf. “apum,” Col. 9, 9, 1: “pavonini gregis,” id. 8, 11, 2; “and gallinarius,” Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7: “fidus negotiorum,” Sall. J. 71, 3: “munerum ac venationum,” Suet. Calig. 27: “restituendae Campaniae,” id. Tit. 8: “restituendi Capitolii,” Gell. 2, 10, 2 et saep.: “muris reficiendis,” Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19: “legibus agrariis,” id. Agr. 2, 7, 17: “curator, qui statuis faciundis praeesset,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144: “reipublicae,” Sall. J. 110, 6: “urbis,” Amm. 14, 7, 17.—
II. In partic., a legal t. t., a guardian, curator, trustee (of a minor, an imbecile, an absent person, etc.), Gai Inst. 1, 200; Dig. libb. 26 et 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 4, 11; Jul. Cap. Vit. M. Aur. 10 et saep.; v. Dict. of Antiq.