sator

Latin > English

sator satoris N M :: sower, planter; founder, progenitor (usu. divine); originator

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sător: ōris, m. id..
I Lit., a sower, planter, Varr. R. R. 1, 45, 3; Lucr. 2, 1168; Cic. N. D. 2, 34; Col. 3, 15, 3; Plin. 15, 1, 1, § 3; Vulg. Jer. 50, 16.—
   B Poet., transf., a begetter, father, creator: caelestum sator, i. e. Jupiter, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21; also termed hominum sator atque deorum, Verg. A. 1, 254; 11, 725: hominum (with deorum genitor), Phaedr. 3, 17, 10: rerum, Sil. 4, 432: aevi, id. 9, 306: verus Alcidae sator, Sen. Herc. Fur. 357: annorum nitidique mundi, i. e. Janus, Mart. 10, 28, 1: qui et sator omnium deorum fuit, Lact. 1, 23, 5.—
II Trop., a sower, promoter, author (very rare; not in Cic.): sator sartorque scelerum, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 3: litis, Liv. 21, 6, 2: turbarum. Sil. 8, 260.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sătŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (sero 3), planteur : Cic. Nat. 2, 86 ; Col. Rust. 3, 15, 3 || créateur, auteur, père : Virg. En. 1, 254 || semeur, auteur, artisan : Pl. Capt. 661 ; Liv. 21, 6, 2 ; Sil. 8, 260.

Latin > German (Georges)

sator, ōris, m. (v. sero, sevi etc.), I) der Säer, Pflanzer, Varro u. Colum.: omnium rerum seminator et sator est mundus, Cic. – personif. als Gottheit, Serv. Verg. georg. 1, 21. – II) übtr., der Zeuger, Hervorbringer, Vater, Urheber, sator sartorque scelerum et messor maxume, Plaut. capt. 661: aeternûm humanûm (= deorum hominumque) sator, *Pacuv. fr.: caelestum sator (Iuppiter), Cic. poët.: sator hominum deorumque, v. Jupiter, Verg.: omnium deorum (v. Saturnus), Lact.: turbarum, Sil.: so auch litis, Liv.: v. Vater, Fronto ad Anton. imp. 1, 3.