līctor ōris, m
2 LIG-,
a lictor, official attendant upon a magistrate
: se augustiorem lictoribus duodecim sumptis fecit,
L.—Twenty-four lictors, with the fasces, walked in single file
before a dictator, twelve before a consul, six before a praetor: consularis,
H.; they scourged or beheaded condemned criminals, C.,
L.