suffragator
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
suffrāgātor: (subf-), ōris, m. id.,
I one who votes for another, a supporter, partisan, suffragator (class.): suffragatorum comparatio, Cic. Mur. 21, 44: historicis notior, suffragatoribus obscurior, id. ib. 7, 16: ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35: meus in petendis honoribus, Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6; id. Pan. 92, 3: competitoris sui suffragatorem agere, Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: candidati laborare desiimus: suffragatores incipimus, Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 5.—With gen.-obj.: quaesturae, for the office of quæstor, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—
II Transf., in gen., a favorer, supporter: te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 20: propter studia suffragatorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18: cum suffragatore suo, Suet. Vesp. 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 5; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 56.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
suffrāgātŏr,¹² ōris, m. (suffragor), qui vote pour, qui soutient une candidature, partisan : Cic. Mur. 16 ; 44 ; Q. Cic. Pet. 35 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 17, 6 ; quæsturæ Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2, qui soutient une candidature à la questure || [fig.] Pl. Cas. 299 ; Varro R. 3, 5, 18 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 20, 5.
