aedificator

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Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 236

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.