exactor
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exactor: ōris, m. id.; cf. also exactio. *
I A driver-out, expeller: regum (Junii Valeriique), Liv. 9, 17, 11.—
II A demander, exactor (cf.: redemptor, manceps, magister; also: publicanus, portitor).
A In gen.: operis, i. e. an overseer, superintendent, enforcer of any kind of labor, Col. 3, 13, 10; cf. Liv. 45, 37; so, assiduus studiorum, Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf.: asper recte loquendi, id. 1, 7, 34: molestissimus sermonis Latini, Suet. Gramm. 22: supplicii, an executioner, Liv. 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 11, 37, and 3, 14 fin.; cf. Vulg. Luc. 12, 58.—
B In partic., a collector of taxes, a tax gatherer, * Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4; Liv. 28, 25, 9; Firm. 4, 3 al.; Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 8; or of other debts due the state, ib. 22, 1, 33. (Not in Cic.; but cf. exactio.)>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exāctŏr,¹² ōris, m. (exigo),
1 celui qui chasse, expulse : Liv. 9, 17, 11
2 celui qui fait rentrer (argent, impôts, etc.), qui recouvre, collecteur d’impôts, percepteur : Cæs. C. 3, 32, 4 ; Liv. 28, 25, 9
3 qui exige l’exécution de, surveillant, contrôleur : supplicii Liv. 2, 5, exécuteur du supplice (chargé de faire exécuter), cf. Tac. Ann. 11, 37 ; studiorum Quint. 1, 3, 14, surveillant des études, cf. Col. Rust. 3, 13, 10 ; Suet. Gramm. 22 ; exactor asper recte loquendi Quint. 1, 7, 34, puriste très sévère.
