apparator
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
Latin > English
apparator apparatoris N M :: one who prepares; official who sacrifices to the Magna Mater
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
appărātor: (adp-), ōris, m. id.,
I one that prepares, Inscr. Orell. 2325; cf. apparamentum.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
appărātŏr, ōris, m., ordonnateur : Tert. Val. 32.
Latin > German (Georges)
apparātor, ōris, m. (apparo) = apparitor, der Zurüster, Diener, Aufwärter, conviviorum, Acro Hor. sat. 2, 4, 47. Corp. inscr. Latin. 14, 53. Tert. adv. Valent. 32.