contionator

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Menander, Monostichoi, 142

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

contĭōnātor: ōris, m. contionor,
I a haranguer of the people; in a bad sense, a demagogue, a political agitator, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9 (opp. animus vere popularis); Front. Ep. ad Ver. 1, p. 171; cf.: contionator, allocutor multitudinis, Isid. Orig. 10, 38.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cōntĭōnātŏr,¹⁶ ōris, m. (contionor), harangueur qui flatte le peuple, démagogue : Cic. Cat. 4, 9