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|lshtext=<b>auctor</b>: ([[incorrectly]] written [[autor]] or [[author]]), ōris, comm. id.,<br /><b>I</b> he [[that]] brings [[about]] the [[existence]] of [[any]] [[object]], or promotes the [[increase]] or [[prosperity]] of it, [[whether]] he [[first]] originates it, or by his efforts gives greater [[permanence]] or [[continuance]] to it; to be [[differently]] translated according to the [[object]], [[creator]], [[maker]], [[author]], [[inventor]], producer, [[father]], [[founder]], [[teacher]], [[composer]], [[cause]], voucher, [[supporter]], [[leader]], [[head]], etc. (syn.: [[conditor]], [[origo]], [[consiliarius]], [[lator]], [[suasor]], [[princeps]], dux).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons, a [[progenitor]], [[father]], [[ancestor]]: L. [[Brutus]], [[praeclarus]] [[auctor]] nobilitatis tuae, the [[founder]], [[progenitor]] of [[your]] [[nobility]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2: generis, Verg. A. 4, 365; so Ov. M. 4, 640, and Suet. Vit. 2: tu sanguinis [[ultimus]] [[auctor]], Verg. A. 7, 49; so Ov. M. 12, 558, and 13, 142: tantae propaginis, id. F. 3, 157: originis, Suet. Ner. 1: gentis, id. Claud. 25: auctores parentes animarum, Vulg. Sap. 12, 6: auctore ab [[illo]] ducit originem, Hor. C. 3, 17, 5: Sive neglectum [[genus]] et nepotes Respicis [[auctor]], id. ib. 1, 2, 36: mihi [[Tantalus]] [[auctor]], Ov. M. 6, 172: auctores saxa fretumque tui, id. H. 10, 132: [[Juppiter]] e terrā genitam mentitur, ut [[auctor]] Desinat inquiri, id. M. 1, 615.—Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of buildings, etc., [[founder]], [[builder]]: Trojae Cynthius [[auctor]], Verg. G. 3, 36: murorum [[Romulus]] [[auctor]], Prop. 5, 6, 43 ([[augur]], Müll.): [[auctor]] posuisset in oris Moenia, Ov. M. 15, 9: [[porticus]] auctoris [[Livia]] [[nomen]] habet, id. A. A. 1, 72: amphitheatri, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118: omnia sub [[titulo]] [[tantum]] suo ac [[sine]] ullā pristini auctoris memoriā, Suet. Dom. 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of works of [[art]], a [[maker]], [[artist]]: [[statua]] auctoris incerti, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93: apparuit summam artis securitatem auctori placaisse, id. praef. § 27.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., the [[originator]], [[executor]], [[performer]], [[doer]], [[cause]], [[occasion]] of [[other]] things (freq. interchanged [[with]] [[actor]]): [[tametsi]] [[haud]] [[quaquam]] [[par]] gloriá sequitur scriptorem et auctorem rerum, [[tamen]] etc., Sall. C. 3, 2 Kritz (cf. [[without]] rerum: Suam [[quisque]] culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, id. J. 1, 4): praeclari facinoris, Vell. 2, 120, 6: facti, Ov. M. 9, 206; Vell. 1, 8: cum perquirerent auctorem facti, Vulg. Jud. 6, 29: optimi statūs [[auctor]], Suet. Aug. 28: honoris, Ov. M. 10, 214: vitae, Vulg. Act. 3, 15: salutis, ib. Heb. 2, 10: fidei, ib. ib. 12, 2: funeris, Ov. M. 10, 199: necis, id. ib. 8, 449; 9, 214: mortis, id. ib. 8, 493: vulneris, id. ib. 5, 133; 8, 418: plagae, id. ib. 3, 329: seditionis sectae, Vulg. Act. 24, 5.—Also, in gen., one from whom [[any]] [[thing]] [[proceeds]] or [[comes]]: [[auctor]] in [[incerto]] est: jaculum de parte sinistrā Venit, i. e. the [[sender]], Ov. M. 12, 419; so, teli, id. ib. 8, 349: muneris, the [[giver]], id. ib. 2, 88; 5, 657, 7, 157 al.: meritorum, id. ib. 8, 108 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[author]] of [[scientific]] or [[literary]] productions.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[investigator]]: non [[sordidus]] [[auctor]] Naturae verique, Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.—And as imparting [[learning]], a [[teacher]]: [[quamquam]] in antiquissimā philosophiā Cratippo auctore versaris, Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8: dicendi gravissimus [[auctor]] et [[magister]] [[Plato]], id. Or. 3, 10: divini humanique juris [[auctor]] celeberrimus, Vell. 2, 26, 2: [[Servius]] [[Sulpicius]], juris [[civilis]] [[auctor]], Gell. 2, 10; Dig. 19, 1, 39; 40, 7, 36.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[author]] of a [[writing]], a [[writer]]: ii quos [[nunc]] [[lectito]] auctores, Cic. Att. 12, 18: [[ingeniosus]] poëta et [[auctor]] [[valde]] [[bonus]], id. Mur. 14: scripta auctori perniciosa suo, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 68: Belli Alexandrini Africique et Hispaniensis [[incertus]] [[auctor]] est, Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 31: [[sine]] auctore notissimi [[versus]], i. e. [[anonymous]] verses, id. ib. 70; so id. Calig. 8; id. Dom. 8 al.—[[Meton]]. of [[cause]] for [[effect]], for a [[literary]] [[production]], [[writing]], [[work]]: in evolvendis utriusque linguae auctoribus, etc., Suet. Aug. 89. —In partic., the [[author]] of historical works, an [[historian]] ([[with]] and [[without]] rerum): ego cautius [[posthac]] historiam attingam, te audiente, quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare [[possum]] religiosissimum, Cic. Brut. 11, 44; so, Matrem Antoniam non [[apud]] auctores rerum, non diurnā actorum scripturā [[reperio]] ullo insigni [[officio]] functam, Tac. A. 3, 3; 3, 30 (diff. from [[auctor]] rerum in II. A.): [[Polybius]] [[bonus]] [[auctor]] in primis, Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; so Nep. Them. 10, 4; Liv. 4, 20; Tac. A. 5, 9; 14, 64 al.—With historiae (eccl. Lat.): historiae congruit auctori, Vulg. 2 Macc. 2, 31.—Hence, in gen., one [[that]] gives an [[account]] of [[something]], a [[narrator]], [[reporter]], [[informant]] ([[orally]] or in [[writing]]): sibi insidias fieri: se id certis auctoribus comperisse, Cic. Att. 14, 8: celeberrimos auctores [[habeo]] tantam victoribus irreverentiam fuisse, ut, etc., Tac. H. 3, 51: criminis ficti [[auctor]], i. e. [[nuntius]], Ov. M. 7, 824: Non haec [[tibi]] nuntiat [[auctor]] Ambiguus, id. ib. 11, 666; 12, 58; 12, 61; 12, 532.—Hence, auctorem esse, [[with]] acc. and inf., to [[relate]], [[recount]]: Auctores sunt ter novenis punctis interfici hominem, Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 73: [[Fabius]] Rustiçus [[auctor]] est scriptos esse ad Caecinam Tuscum codicillos, Tac. A. 13, 20: Auctor est [[Julius]] [[Marathus]] [[ante]] paucos [[quam]] nasceretur menses [[prodigium]] Romae [[factum]] (esse) [[publice]], etc., Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> One by whose [[influence]], [[advice]], [[command]], etc., [[any]] [[thing]] is done, the [[cause]], [[occasion]], [[contriver]], [[instigator]], [[counsellor]], [[adviser]], promoter; constr. [[sometimes]] [[with]] ut, acc. and inf., or gen. gerund.: [[quid]] mihi es [[auctor]] ([[what]] do [[you]] [[counsel]] me?) huic ut mittam? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 2; 4, 7, 70; id. Poen. 1, 3, 1: idne estis auctores mihi? Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 16: mihique ut absim, [[vehementer]] [[auctor]] est, Cic. Att. 15, 5: Gellium ipsis (philosophis) magno opere auctorem fuisse, ut controversiarum facerent modum, id. Leg. 1, 20, 53: ut propinqui de communi sententiā coërcerent, [[auctor]] fuit, Suet. Tib. 35; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 15: a me [[consilium]] petis, qui sim [[tibi]] [[auctor]] in Siciliāne subsidas, an proficiscare, Cic. Fam. 6, 8: ego [[quidem]] [[tibi]] non sim [[auctor]], si [[Pompeius]] Italiam reliquit, te [[quoque]] profugere, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10: ne [[auctor]] armorum duxque deesset, Auct. B. G. 8, 47: [[auctor]] facinori non deerat, Liv. 2, 54: auctores Bibulo fuere [[tantundem]] pollicendi, Suet. Caes. 19: auctores restituendae tribuniciae potestatis, id. ib. 5; so id. Dom. 8: [[auctor]] singulis universisque conspirandi [[simul]] et ut... communem causam juvarent, id. Galb. 10 al.—So freq. in the abl. absol.: me, te, eo auctore, at my, [[your]], his [[instance]], by my [[advice]], [[command]], etc.: non me [[quidem]] Faciet auctore, [[hodie]] ut illum decipiat, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 23: an paenitebat flagiti, te auctore [[quod]] fecisset Adulescens? Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 12: [[quare]] omnes istos me auctore deridete [[atque]] contemnite, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54: [[quia]] [[calida]] fomenta non proderant, frigidis curari [[coactus]] auctore Antonio Musā, Suet. Aug. 81; 96; id. Galb. 19; id. Vit. 2 al.: agis Carminibus [[grates]] et dis auctoribus horum, the promoters or authors of spells, Ov. M. 7, 148.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., in [[political]] lang., t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Auctor legis.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One [[who]] proposes a [[law]], a [[mover]], [[proposer]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): quarum legum [[auctor]] fuerat, earum suasorem se [[haud]] dubium ferebat, Liv. 6, 36: Quid desperatius, qui ne ementiendo [[quidem]] potueris auctorem adumbrare meliorem, Cic. Dom. 30, 80.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One [[who]] advises the [[proposal]] of a [[law]], and exerts all his [[influence]] to [[have]] it passed, a [[supporter]] (stronger [[than]] [[suasor]]; cf. Suet. Tib. 27: [[alium]] dicente, auctore eo Senatum se adīsse, verba mutare et pro auctore suasorem dicere coegit): [[isti]] rationi [[neque]] [[lator]] [[quisquam]] est [[inventus]] [[neque]] [[auctor]] [[umquam]] [[bonus]], Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34: cum ostenderem, si lex [[utilis]] plebi Romanae mihi videretur, auctorem me [[atque]] adjutorem futurum (esse), id. Agr. 2, 5; id. Att. 1, 19: quo auctore societatem cum Perseo junxerunt, Liv. 45, 31; Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 11 al.—Sometimes in [[connection]] [[with]] [[suasor]]: [[atque]] hujus deditionis [[ipse]] [[Postumius]] [[suasor]] et [[auctor]] fuit, Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109: Nisi [[quis]] retinet, [[idem]] [[suasor]] auctorque consilii ero, Tac. H. 3, 2 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[senate]] [[which]] accepts or adopts a [[proposition]] for a [[law]], a confirmer, ratifier: [[nunc]] cum loquar [[apud]] senatores populi Romani, legum et judiciorum et juris auctores, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67.—Poet., in gen., a [[law]]-[[giver]]: animum ad civilia vertet Jura suum, legesque feret justissimus [[auctor]], Ov. M. 15, 833; and of one [[who]] establishes conditions of [[peace]]: leges captis justissimus [[auctor]] imposuit, id. ib. 8, 101. —Hence, auctores fieri, to [[approve]], [[accept]], [[confirm]] a [[law]]: cum de plebe consulem non accipiebat, patres [[ante]] auctores fieri coëgerit, Cic. Brut. 14, 55: Decreverunt ut, cum [[populus]] regem jussisset, id sic ratum esset, si patres auctores fierent, Liv. 1, 17; 1, 22; 2, 54; 2, 56; 6, 42; 8, 12 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Auctor consilii publici, he [[who]] has the [[chief]] [[voice]] in the [[senate]], a [[leader]]: hunc rei publicae rectorem et consilii publici auctorem esse habendum, Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 211; 3, 17, 63. —Also absol.: regem Ariobarzanem, cujus salutem a senatu te auctore, commendatam habebam, by [[your]] [[influence]], and the [[decree]] of the [[senate]] occasioned by it, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; cf. Gron. ad Liv. 24, 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> One [[who]] is an [[exemplar]], a [[model]], [[pattern]], [[type]] of [[any]] [[thing]]: [[Caecilius]], [[malus]] [[auctor]] Latinitatis, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10: nec litterarum Graecarum, nec philosophiae jam ullum auctorem [[requiro]], id. Ac. 2, 2, 5; cf. Wopk. Lect. Tull. p. 34: unum [[cedo]] auctorem tui facti, unius profer [[exemplum]], i. e. [[who]] has done a [[similar]] [[thing]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26: [[Cato]] omnium virtutum [[auctor]], id. Fin. 4, 16, 44 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> One [[that]] becomes [[security]] for [[something]], a voucher, [[bail]], [[surety]], [[witness]]: id ita esse ut credas, rem [[tibi]] auctorem dabo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 70: auctorem rumorem habere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19: [[fama]] nuntiabat te esse in Syriā; [[auctor]] erat [[nemo]], id. Fam. 12, 4: non si mihi [[Juppiter]] [[auctor]] Spondeat, Verg. A. 5, 17: [[gravis]] [[quamvis]] magnae rei [[auctor]], Liv. 1, 16: auctorem levem, nec [[satis]] fidum [[super]] tantā re Patres rati, id. 5, 15 fin.: [[urbs]] [[auspicato]] deis auctoribus in aeternum condita, under the guaranty of the gods, id. 28, 28.—Also [[with]] acc. and inf.: auctores sumus tutam ibi majestatem Romani nominis [[fore]], Liv. 2, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> In judic. lang., t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[seller]], vender (inasmuch as he warrants the [[right]] of [[possession]] of the [[thing]] to be sold, and transfers it to the purchaser; [[sometimes]] the jurists [[make]] a [[distinction]] [[between]] [[auctor]] [[primus]] and [[auctor]] [[secundus]]; the [[former]] is the [[seller]] [[himself]], the [[latter]] the [[bail]] or [[security]] whom the [[former]] brings, Dig. 21, 2, 4; cf. Salmas. Mod. Usur. pp. 728 and 733): [[quod]] a [[malo]] auctore emīssent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22: [[auctor]] fundi, id. Caecin. 10; Dig. 19, 1, 52: Inpero ([[auctor]] ego [[sum]]), ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 73 Wagn.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 21; id. Curc. 4, 2, 12.—Trop.: [[auctor]] beneficii populi Romani, Cic. Mur. 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[guardian]], [[trustee]] (of women and minors): dos [[quam]] [[mulier]] nullo auctore dixisset, Cic. Caecin. 25: majores nostri nullam ne privatam [[quidem]] rem agere feminas [[sine]] auctore voluerunt, Liv. 34, 2: [[pupillus]] obligari tutori eo auctore non potest, Dig. 26, 8, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In espousals, auctores are the witnesses of the [[marriage]] [[contract]] (parents, brothers, guardians, relatives, etc.): nubit [[genero]] [[socrus]], nullis auspicibus, nullis auctoribus, Cic. Clu. 5.—<br /> An [[agent]], [[factor]], [[spokesman]], [[intercessor]], [[champion]]: [[praeclarus]] [[iste]] [[auctor]] suae civitatis, Cic. Fl. 22: ([[Plancius]]) [[princeps]] [[inter]] suos... maximarum societatum [[auctor]], plurimarum [[magister]], id. Planc. 13, 22: meae salutis, id. Sest. 50, 107: doloris sui, querelarum, etc., id. Fl. 22 fin.!*? In [[class]]. Lat. [[auctor]] is also used as fem.: eas aves, quibus auctoribus etc., Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27: Et hostes aderant et (Theoxena) [[auctor]] mortis instabat, Liv. 40, 4, 15: [[auctor]] ego ([[Juno]]) audendi, Verg. A. 12, 159; Ov. M. 8, 108; id. F. 5, 192; 6, 709; id. H. 14, 110; 15, 3; Sen. Med. 968; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll. The [[distinction]] [[which]] the grammarians, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 159, Prob. p. 1452 sq. P., and others [[make]] [[between]] [[auctor]] fem. and [[auctrix]], [[that]] [[auctrix]] would [[refer]] [[more]] to the lit. signif. of the [[verb]], [[augeo]], [[while]] [[auctor]] fem. has [[more]] [[direct]] [[relation]] to the prevailing signif. of its [[noun]], [[auctoritas]], is [[unfounded]].