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|lshtext=<b>cultor</b>: ōris, m. id..<br /><b>I</b> Prop., one [[who]] bestows [[care]] or [[labor]] [[upon]] a [[thing]], an elaborator, [[cultivator]], etc.: agrorum, Liv. 2, 34, 11; 4, 25, 4: agri, id. 40, 29, 3; cf. [[agricultor]]: virentis agelli, Hor. A. P. 117: terrae, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: [[vitis]], a [[vine]]-[[dresser]], id. Fin. 5, 14, 40: alveorum, a [[bee]]-[[master]], apiarist, Col. 9, 3, 1.—Poet., of a [[bullock]]: pauperis agri, Ov. F. 5, 515.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Absol., a [[cultivator]] or [[tiller]] of [[land]], a [[husbandman]], planter, Sall. J. 46, 5; Liv. 21, 34, 1; 28, 11, 9; Quint. 2, 19, 2; Verg. A. 8, 8; Ov. M. 1, 425: cultores (opp. oppidani), countrymen, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. H. 2, 87.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]. (acc. to [[colo]], I. B.), an [[inhabitant]], a [[dweller]]: ejus terrae, Sall. J. 17, 7: [[collis]] ejus (sc. Janiculi), Liv. 24, 10, 12; cf.: [[collis]] Heliconii, Cat. 61, 1: Cupua Tuscis veteribus cultoribus adempta, Liv. 28, 28, 6: nemorum, Verg. G. 1, 14; 2, 114; cf.: antiqui (Capuae), Liv. 7, 38, 5: (insularum), id. 22, 31, 3: caeli ([[Juppiter]]), Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 13: Euboicus tumidarum aquarum, Ov. M. 14, 4. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop. (acc. to [[colo]], II. A. and B.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A fosterer, [[supporter]]: bonorum ([[with]] [[fautor]]), Liv. 9, 46, 13: fidissimus imperii Romani ([[Hiero]]), id. 26, 32, 4: juvenum, a [[tutor]], [[teacher]], Pers. 5, 63: veritatis, fraudis inimici, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109; cf. aequi, Ov. M. 5, 100: juris et aequarum legum, Mart. 10, 37, 1: amicitiae, Liv. 25, 28, 8; Mart. 9, 84, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[worshipper]], reverencer: deorum, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: numinis, Ov. M. 1, 327: diligentissimus religionum, Liv. 5, 50, 1.—Also absol., Verg. A. 11, 788.—Hence, in [[later]] relig. lang., a [[priest]] of [[some]] [[deity]]: deūm matris, a [[priest]] of [[Cybele]], Suet. Oth. 8; cf. Inscr. Orell. 938; 1578.
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