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instĭtor , ōris, m. insisto,
I.a person who sells goods for another, a factor, broker, agent; a huckster, hawker, peddler (cf.: “circulator, negotiator): amata nautis multum et institoribus,” Hor. Epod. 17, 20: “mercis,” Liv. 22, 25: “hibernae tegetis,” Juv. 7, 221.—
II. Trop.: “eloquentiae,” who hawks about his eloquence, makes an exhibition of it, Quint. 11, 1, 50; id. 8, 3, 12.
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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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 1.50
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