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|lshtext=<b>pistor</b>: ōris, m. [[pinso]]; [[root]] in Sanscr. pish-, to [[crush]]; cf. Gr. [[πτίσσω]],<br /><b>I</b> one [[who]] pounds [[corn]] in a [[mortar]] or grinds it in a [[hand]]-[[mill]], a [[miller]] ([[only]] so in Plaut.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: nec pistorem ullum nossent, [[nisi]] eum, qui in pistrino pinseret farinam ([[far]]?), Varr. ap. Non. 152, 14; cf. id. ib. 16: pistores [[tantum]] eos qui [[far]] pinserunt nominatos, At. Cap. ap. Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27; id. Trin. 2, 4, 6; Gell. 3, 3, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[baker]] ([[class]].): pistores Romae non fuere ad Persicum [[usque]] [[bellum]] ... ipsi panem faciebant [[Quirites]], mulierum id [[opus]] erat, Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107: ut [[tuus]] [[pistor]] [[bonum]] faceret panem, etc., Varr. ap. Gell. 15, 19, 2; Suet. Caes. 48: [[mitto]] hasce artes vulgares, coquos, pistores, lecticarios, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; id. Arch. 46, 134; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 24; Vulg. Gen. 40, 1. At [[Rome]] the bakers formed a [[separate]] [[guild]], Inscr. [[Don]]. cl. 9, n. 11; Inscr. Grut. 81, 10; 255, 1; Dig. 3, 4, 1; 27, 1, 46.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[surname]] of Jupiter, [[because]], [[when]] the Romans were besieged in the [[Capitol]], he gave [[them]] the [[idea]] of hurling [[bread]], as [[though]] [[they]] had an [[abundance]] of it, at the besieging Gauls, Ov. F. 6, 350; 394; Lact. 1, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Pastry-cooks were also called pistores, Mart. 11, 31, 8; 14, 222; Petr. 60.
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|gf=<b>pistŏr</b>,¹² ōris, m. ([[pinso]]),<br /><b>1</b> celui qui pile le grain dans un mortier : Pl. Capt. 807 ; Varr. d. Non. 152, 14<br /><b>2</b> boulanger, pâtissier : Plin. 18, 107 ; Cic. Pis. 67 ; Fin. 2, 23 || épithète de Jupiter [qui inspira aux Romains assiégés dans le Capitole l’idée de jeter des pains aux Gaulois] : Ov. F. 6, 350.
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