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veterator

veterator, one wedded to routine, a commonplace orator

vĕtĕrātor, ōris, m. [veteratus], one who has grown old, become gray, is practised, skilled in any thing.
  • I In gen.: in causis privatis satis veterator, Cic. Brut. 48, 178: in litteris, Gell. 3, 1, 5.—
  • II In partic.
    • A In a bad sense, a crafty fellow, an old fox, sly-boots: acutus, versutus, veterator, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; id. Rep. 3, 16, 26: quid hic vult veterator sibi? Ter. And. 457; id. Heaut. 889; Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57; 3, 32, 113; Gannius ap. Fest. p. 369.—
    • B An old slave (opp. novitius), Dig. 21, 1, 65; 21, 1, 37.

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