aedificator
κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education
Latin > English
aedificator aedificatoris N M :: builder, contractor, one who has buildings erected; architect, maker, creator
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aedĭfĭcātor: ōris, m. aedifico.
I A builder: vocaberis aedificator saepium, Vulg. Isa. 58, 12; in the class. period only trop., = δημιουργός: mundi, the maker, architect, Cic. Univ. 2: aedificatores mundi, id. N. D. 1, 9.—
II From the Aug. period adj. (cf. Br. Nep. Ages. 4, 2) with the access. idea of inclination or passion, that is fond of building: nemo illo minus fuit emax, minus aedificator, Nep. Att. 13; Juv. 14, 86; Col. 1, 4, 8; Flor. 1, 8, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ædĭfĭcātŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m., qui bâtit, constructeur : Cato Agr. 1, 4 ; Cic. Nat. 1, 18 || qui a la manie de bâtir, bâtisseur : Nep. Att. 13, 1 ; Juv. 14, 66.
Latin > German (Georges)
aedificātor, ōris, m. (aedifico), der Bauende, I) im allg. = der Erbauer, Baumeister, diligens, ICt.: saepium, Vulg.: bildl., mundi, Cic.: ecclesiae, Eccl. – II) prägn., der gern Bauende, der Baulustige, Nep. Att. 13, 1. Col. 1, 4, 8. Flor. 1, 8, 4. Iuven. 14, 86.
