coactor
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Latin > English
coactor coactoris N M :: fuller; (felter?); (cloth worker); one who forces to something
coactor coactor coactoris N M :: collector (of money/taxes/etc); [agminis ~ => troops bringing up rear]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏactor: ōris, m. id..
I Prop.
A A collector of money (from auctions, of revenues, etc.), Cato, R. R. 150, 2; Cic. Clu. 64, 180; id. Rab. Post. 11, 30; * Hor. S. 1, 6, 86; cf. Acron. and Porphyr. in h. l. and Auct. Vit. Hor. 1; Sen. Ep. 81, 2 (al. decoctor).—
B Coactores agminis, the rear, Tac. H. 2, 68.—
C ( = coactiliarius.) A fuller, Inscr. Grut. 648, 3.—
II Trop., one who forces to something: adjutor, et, ut ita dicam, coactor, Sen. Ep. 52, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŏāctŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (cogo),
1 celui qui rassemble : coactores agminis Tac. H. 2, 68, l’arrière-garde [ceux qui ramassent les traînards]
2 collecteur d’impôts : Cic. Rab. Post. 30 || commis de recette : Cato Agr. 150, 2 ; Cic. Clu. 180 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 86
3 coactor lanarius CIL 5, 4504, 3, foulon
4 [fig.] celui qui force, qui contraint : Sen. Ep. 52, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
coāctor, ōris, m. (cogo), I) eig.: a) der Beitreiber, Einkassierer der Einkünfte, Cato r. r. 150, 2; bes. der von den publicani gepachteten vectigalia, Cic. Clu. 180 u. Rab. post. 30, u. der Auktionsgelder für die Makler ( argentarii), c. exactionum, Suet. vit. Hor. in.: c. argentarius, Scaev. dig. 40, 7, 40. § 8. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1923 u. 8728. Porphyr. Hor. sat. 1, 6, 86. Gloss. V, 595, 49: u. bl. coactor, Hor. sat. 1, 6, 86 (dazu die Auslgg.). Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1936. Vgl. Mommsen im Hermes 12, 97. – b) agminis coactores (= ουραγοί), der Nachtrab, Tac. hist. 2, 68. – c) coactor lanarius = πιλοποιός, der Filzwalker, Filzmacher, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 4504, 3. – übtr., der Antreiber, Nötiger zu etw., quibus non duce tantum opus sit, sed adiutore et, ut ita dicam, coactore, Sen. ep. 52, 4.
