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măgistĕrĭum , ii, n. magister,
I.the office of a president, chief, director, superintendent, etc. (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “dictaturā ac magisterio equitum honorata familia,Suet. Tib. 3: “morum,” i. e. the censorship, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 46: me magisteria delectant a majoribus instituta (sc. conviviorum), the custom of having a master or president at feasts, id. Sen. 14, 46: “collegii,Suet. Dom. 4: “sacerdotii,id. Calig. 22: “pedestre,the office of a commander of infantry, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—Transf., of dogs: inter se exercent etiam magisteria, the post of leader (in hunting), Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 148.—
B. In partic., the office of tutor or instructor of youth, tutorship, guardianship (very rare): “jam excessit mi aetas ex magisterio tuo,I have now outgrown your tutorship, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 44.—
II. Trop., teaching, instruction, advice: “virtute id factum, et magisterio tuo,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32: “vana,Tib. 1, 4, 84: “novum,method, Cels. 5, 27, 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, On the Consular Provinces, 19.46
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.1
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 4
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 1.2
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 22
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 3
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.27
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 14
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