praestigiator

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καὶ ὑπολέλειμμαι ἐγὼ μονώτατος, καὶ ζητοῦσι τὴν ψυχήν μου λαβεῖν αὐτήν → and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away (1 Kings 19:14)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

praestigĭātor: ōris, m. praestigiae,
I a juggler, cheat, impostor, deceiver (anteclass. and post-Aug.): praestigiator hic quidem Poenus probu' est, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 6; id. Aul. 4, 4, 3; Sen. Ep. 45, 8: pervicaci praestigiator actu, the devil, Prud. Cath. 6, 141 (with i long).