liberator

lībĕrātor, ōris, m. [libero],

• a freer, deliverer, liberator: patriae liberatores, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: urbis, Liv. 1, 60: nostri liberatores, Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2: liberator suus, Liv. 6, 14: scortorum, * Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14 (418).— In apposition: liberator populus, Liv. 35, 18 fin.—So as an epithet of Jupiter (like Ζευς ἐλευθέριος): libare se liquorem illum Jovi liberatori, Tac. A. 15, 64; 16, 35.—So in eccl. Lat. freq. of God: refugium meum ac liberator meus, Vulg. Psa. 17, 3.—
• II Transf.: liberator ille populi Romani animus, Liv. 1, 56.

līberātor, ōris, m. (libero), der Befreier, scortorum, Plaut.: patriae, Cic.: urbis, Liv.: suus, Cic.: liberator a talibus dominis, Augustin. de civ. dei 1, 32 in.: attrib., Iuppiter lib., Tac. ann. 15, 64. – liberator populus, Liv. 35, 17, 8: übtr. liberator ille populi Rom. animus, Liv. 1, 56, 8.

liberator [CL] 1 deliverer, liberator; b (w. ref. to Christ). ~orem patrie, fundatorem pacis ‥ inspector agnoscit J. Sal. Pol. 385B.  b quum ‥ aurea floruissent regna et omnia in nativitate nostri ~oris essent renovata ‥ Byrht. V. Ecgwini 351; ille haud immemor ~oris sui cum omnibus ad precellentissimum Augustinum contendit Gosc. Transl. Mild. 12; liberatus petit ~orem, ne iterum permittat cum induci in temptationem Anselm Misc. 331; obstupescens ad magnitudinem gracie, ~i suo cum lacrimis offerebat hostiam laudis V. Chris. Marky. 46; sacramenta legalia et mandata veteris legis positiva in Christi passione debuerunt cessare, ut potestativa benignitas ~oris esset manifestior et amor liberati ardentior, et sic beneficentia major Gros. Cess. Leg. I 8. 14. 2 deliverer, one who hands over, entrusts or gives: a (land); b (tax); c (doc.). a DB I 1ra (v. dator b); de hac terra desaisivit Anculfus Willelmum de C. ‥ injuste ‥ et sine ~ore regis vel alicujus DB I 148vb; non habet advocatum nec ~orem DB I 191rb (v. advocare 18b); et reclamat ~orem ad feudum antecessoris DB II 291.  b 1279 mandamus quod exitus provenientes de focagio de B. ‥ colligantur, ita quod constabularius Burdegale ‥ ~or sit et receptor RGasc II 53.  c 1315 ~ores hujusmodi brevium RParl I 322b.

lībĕrātŏr, (11) ōris, m. (libero), Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2 ; Phil. 1, 6 ; et

līberātor ōris, m

• libero, a freer, deliverer, liberator: patriae liberatores: urbis, L.: liberator populus, L.