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  • 1 cantor

    cantor, ōris, m. [cano], a singer, poet.
    I.
    In gen.:

    omnibus hoc vitium est cantoribus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 1; so id. ib. 1, 3, 129;

    1, 2, 3 (mutato nomine cantorem pro musico dicit, Acron.): Thamyras,

    Prop. 2 (3), 22, 19:

    cantor Apollo,

    Hor. A. P. 407 (cf. Apollo):

    (Caligula) Threx et auriga idem cantor atque saltator,

    Suet. Calig. 54.—In a contemptuous sense:

    cantor formularum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236; cf. Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 132.— And with gen. of the person (conformably to cano, II. B.), an extoller, eulogist:

    cantores Euphorionis,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 45.—
    II.
    Esp., in the lang. of the drama, = choreutês, an actor, player (cf. G. Herm. Opusc. I. p. 298), Cic. Sest. 55, 118:

    donec cantor vos plaudite! dicat,

    Hor. A. P. 155; Suet. Calig. 54.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cantor

См. также в других словарях:

  • Extoller — Ex*tol ler, n. One who extols; one who praises. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • extoller — extol ► VERB (extolled, extolling) ▪ praise enthusiastically. DERIVATIVES extoller noun extolment noun. ORIGIN Latin extollere, from tollere raise …   English terms dictionary

  • extoller — noun see extol …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • extoller — See extol. * * * …   Universalium

  • extoller — n. one who praises another, one who compliments or commends highly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • extoller — n. Praiser, panegyrist, encomiast, eulogist …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • extoller — n 1. praiser, applauder, lauder, laudator, exalter, eulogist, encomiast, panegyrist; Inf. tout, Inf. touter, booster, promoter, fan, devotee, publicist. 2. timeserver, temporizer, Inf. back scratcher; toady, sycophant, tufthunter, claquer, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • extoller — ex·tol·ler …   English syllables

  • extoller — noun someone who communicates high praise • Syn: ↑laudator, ↑lauder • Derivationally related forms: ↑extol, ↑laud (for: ↑lauder) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • extol — extoller, n. extollingly, adv. extolment, extollment, n. /ik stohl , stol /, v.t., extolled, extolling. to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples. Also, extoll. [1350 1400; ME extollen < L extollere to lift up, raise, equiv …   Universalium

  • laudator — noun someone who communicates high praise • Syn: ↑lauder, ↑extoller • Derivationally related forms: ↑extol (for: ↑extoller), ↑laud (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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