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approbator

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Latin > English

approbator approbatoris N M :: one who approves

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

apprŏbātor: (adp-), ōris, m. id.,
I one who gives his assent or approval, an approver (perh. only in the two foll. exs.): quamvis non fueris suasor et impulsor profectionis meae, adprobator certe fuisti, * Cic. Att. 16, 7, 2: verbi, * Gell. 5, 21, 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

apprŏbātŏr (adp-), ōris, m., approbateur : Cic. Att. 16, 7, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

approbātor, ōris, m. (approbo), der Billiger, Genehmiger, Anerkenner, profectionis meae, Cic. ad Att. 16, 7, 2: subscriptor approbatorque huius verbi, Gell. 5, 21, 6: appr. lucis factae, Augustin. c. Faust. 22, 21 in.: approbatores perfectionis (Ggstz. reprehensores imperfectionis), Augustin. Galat. 12.