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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

contemplātor: ōris, m. id.. *
I An observer, surveyor: peritissimus, a marksman, Amm. 19, 1, 7.—
II A contemplator, an observer (very rare): caeli ac deorum, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: mundi animus, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 8, 4: astrorum, App. Flor. 4, n. 18, p. 361, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) contemplātŏr,¹⁶ ōris, m. (contemplor),
1 celui qui contemple, contemplateur, observateur : Cic. Tusc. 1, 69 ; Sen. Helv. 8, 4
2 viseur, tireur : Amm. 19, 1, 7.
(2) contemplātor, impér. fut. de contemplor : Virg. G. 1, 187.