lotor

lōtor, ōris, m. (lavo), a) der Wäscher, Bader, Paul. Nol. ep. 23. Isid. de diff. 1. no. 342. – b) insbes., der Wäscher (u. Walker) der Kleider, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 2156. – Nbf. lutor, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 104.* Gloss. II, 410, 31 (›lutor, πλύτης‹).

lotor [CL, cf. lavator] 1 one who washes, washer: a (of clothes or sim., or unspec.); b (of ore); c (of coin, sc. so as to remove metal by sweating); d (of person). a 12‥ quatuor ~ores habent pro solidatis iiij li. de camerario DCCant. DE/120; 1440 [thesaurarius] inveniet unum ~orem seu lotricem ad lavand’ albas, manutergia altarium, tuellos seu linthiamina Stat. Linc. II 303.  b 1325 Roberto le Wassher, ij s. ix d; servientibus ~orum et lotricium [sic] nigrorum operum, xx d. LTR Mem 95 r. 128; 1566 xx homines metallicos, nempe fossores, fabros ferrarios, ~ores, excoctores ‥ SP Dom. Eliz. 40 no. 73.  c 1415 contrafactores misterie monete et cunagii multiplicatores et ~ores auri et argenti cum cunea nostra cunatorum et tonsores monete nostre ‥ non existentes Mem. York II 45 (cf. Pat 400 m. 21: 1417; RParl IV 504b: 1437 [etc.]); iste rex Henricus [V] renovans totam monetam auream Anglie, que per tonsores et lotores tantum erat pejorata quod unum nobile vix valuit v solidos Chr. Southern 278.  d 1431 Willelmus D. ~or regis Cl 282 m. 22d.; 1438 Willelmus Dulverton valettus ~or pro corpore nostro Cl 289 m. 22d.. 2 one who washes away, removes by washing (w. obj. gen.; in quot., fig.). hic [sc. tumulatur] pacis fautor et legum maximus autor, / livorum lautor, requietis strenuus altor (Epitaph Regis Jacobi I) Bower XVI 38. 3 ewer. 1420 j pelvim cum ~ore, unam ollam eneam ‥ (Test.) Reg. Cant. II 207.

lōtŏr, ōris, m. (lavo), celui qui lave : P. Nol. Ep. 23, 4 || blanchisseur : CIL 14, 2156.