dispensator
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dispensātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a household superintendent, a manager, steward; as manager of the imperial treasury, a cashier, treasurer, διοικητής; usually the most trustworthy slaves, but under the emperors sometimes ingenui (v. Orell. on his Inscr. 4002): ab aere pendendo dispensator, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 9 Müll.: dispensator litteras scit, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5 (cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 371); so id. Fragm. ap. Non. 193, 10; Juv. 1, 91; Suet. Aug. 67; Mart. 5, 42, 5; Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 129; Inscr. Orell. 790; 895; 2914 sq.; Vulg. Gen. 43, 16 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dispēnsātŏr,¹² ōris, m. (dispenso), administrateur, intendant, Cic. Fr. F 5, 59 ; Varro L. 5, 183.
Latin > German (Georges)
dispēnsātor, ōris, m. (dispenso), der in einer Wirtschaft, bei einer Kasse Einnahme u. Ausgabe besorgt, der Hausverwalter, Wirtschafter, Kassierer, Schatzmeister (griech. διοικητής), Cic. u.a.: disp. ab toris, der kaiserl. Aufbewahrer der Polster des Speisesofas, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 4120, 3.
