φυρατής
From LSJ
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
English (LSJ)
φυρατοῦ, ὁ, mixer, i.e. 'cooker' of accounts, Cic.Att.6.9.2, 7.1.9; = Lat. decoctor, fraudulent debtor, Gloss.; dub. sens. in Jahresh.1Beibl.75 (Ephesus).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1316] ὁ, od. φυράτης, der mischt, knetet, verwirrt, Cic. Att. 7, 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
[ῡᾱ] οῦ (ὁ),
qui pétrit, gâcheur, CIC. Att. 7.1.8.
Étymologie: φυράω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
φῡρᾱτής: οῦ и φῡράτης, ου ὁ досл. месильщик, перен. плут Cic.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φῡρᾱτής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ ἀνακατώνων, ἐπιφέρων σύγχυσιν, Κικ. πρὸς Ἀττ. 7. 1, 8.
