conductor
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. ἡγεμών, ὁ, V. κομιστής, ὁ, κομιστήρ, ὁ; see escort.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
conductor: ōris, m. conduco,
I one who hires a thing, a lessee, farmer, tenant, a contractor (rare, and mostly absol.): (histrionum), Plaut. As. prol. 3: (pecoris), Cato, R. R. 150, 2: (agri), Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Col. 3, 13, 12; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 3: (aedificii), Cato, R. R. 14, 3: operis, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: sacrae arae, Val. Max. 8, 12, ext. 1: Dig. 40, 7, 40, § 5; Inscr. Orell. 46; 4324; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 145.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
conductŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (conduco),
1 locataire, fermier : Pl. Trin. 856 ; conductores agrorum idonei Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 30, 3, fermiers qui conviennent ; conductores (histrionum) Pl. As. 3, ceux qui engagent les histrions = les édiles
2 entrepreneur : conductor operis Cic. Q. 3, 1, 5, adjudicataire d’un travail.
Latin > German (Georges)
conductor, ōris, m. (conduco), I) der Mieter, Pachter (Ggstz. locator od. dominus), domus, Augustin. in psalm. 38, 21: ferrariarum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 4788 u. 5036: mercedes habitationum annuas conductoribus donare, Caes.: adeo rarum est invenire idoneos conductores (sc. agrorum), Plin. ep.: conductor II menses pastorem praebeat, Col.: res vortat bene gregi huic et domino atque conductoribus, Auct. prol. ad Plaut. asin. v. 3. – II) der Entrepreneur, Unternehmer, villae (Ggstz. dominus, der Bauherr), Cato: operis, Cic.: sacrae arae, Val. Max.: publicorum negotiorum, Firm. math. 3, 8, 12: vectigalium, Gloss.: ›publicani‹ appellantur conductores vectigalium fisci vel rerum publicarum, Isid. 9, 4, 32.
