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atacousta

ATACOUSTA
, Malus auscultator, explorator, Gall. Mauvais espion : qui audita refert, ut noceat. Historia Fontanellensis tom. 1. pag. 445 : Princeps ille (Pippinus) malas habebat aures, seu malos Atacoustas. Etymon ἄταω, Noceo, et ἀκουστής, Auscultator, auditor.
Legendum profecto est, ut discimus ex Martinii Lexico, præmonente D. Falconet, Otacousta vel Otacusta, a Gr. nimirum ὠτακουστής, quod in Gloss. Gr. Lat. exponitur Auricularius, explorator, ab οὖς, auris, et ἀκούω, audio. Laur. Amalth. : Otacustæ, corycæi, seu delatores principis alicujus. Vide Otacusta.

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