cessator
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cessātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a loiterer, an idler, a dilatory person: non quo cessator esse solerem, praesertim in litteris, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 3: de libris, Tyrannio est cessator, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 5 (6), 6: nequam et cessator Davus, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 100; * Col. 11, 1, 16.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cessātŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m. (cesso), retardataire, fainéant : cessator in litteris Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 3, qui est paresseux pour écrire des lettres.
