apocrisiarius

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ăpocrĭsĭārĭus: or ăpocrĭsārĭus, ii, m. ἀποκρινομαι, to answer; ἀπόκρισις>, an answer (late Lat.),
I a delegate, deputy, who performs a duty in the place of another, esp. of a high Church officer, called also responsalis, Julian. Epit. 6, 26; cf. Just. Nov. 6, 2; Hon. Aug. G. Anim. 1, 185.