praestigiator

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

praestigĭātor: ōris, m. praestigiae,
I a juggler, cheat, impostor, deceiver (anteclass. and post-Aug.): praestigiator hic quidem Poenus probu' est, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 6; id. Aul. 4, 4, 3; Sen. Ep. 45, 8: pervicaci praestigiator actu, the devil, Prud. Cath. 6, 141 (with i long).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

præstīgĭātŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m. (præstigiæ), escamoteur : Sen. Ep. 45, 8 || [fig.] charlatan, imposteur : Pl. Pœn. 1125 ; Aul. 630. præstrig- leçon de A dans Pl.