coactor
coactor, a collector
- Prop.
- A A collector of money (from auctions, of revenues, etc.), Cato R. R. 150, 2; Cic. Clu. 64, 180; id. Rab. Post. 11, 30; * Hor. S. 1, 6, 86; cf. Acron. and Porphyr. in h. l. and Auct. Vit. Hor. 1; Sen. Ep. 81, 2 (al. decoctor).—
- B Coactores agminis, the rear, Tac. H. 2, 68.—
- C ( = coactiliarius.) A fuller, Inscr. Grut. 648, 3.—
- II Trop., one who forces to something: adjutor, et, ut ita dicam, coactor, Sen. Ep. 52, 4.
- 1. ontvanger v. belastingen;
- 2. (Tac.) plur. (milit.) agminis achterhoede;
- 3. (Sen.) (aan)drijver.
Agitator aselli. Gloss. Isidori,
Coactores, argentarii. De hac voce hac notione consule Salmasium lib. de Usuris pag. 497. 498.
- cogo, a collector(of money): perquiritur a coactoribus.—In an army, the rearguard: coactores agminis, Ta.
COACTORThis name was applied to collectors of various sorts, e. g. to the servants of the publicani or farmers of the taxes, who collected the revenues for them (Cic. pro Rab. Post. 11, § 30); also to those who collected the money from the purchasers of things sold at a public auction (Id. pro Cluent. 64.180). The father of Horace was a coactor, but there are no means for determining to which class he belonged. (Hor. Sat. 1.6, 86; Suet. Vit. Hor.)
[R.W] [A.S.W]A name applied to collectors of various sorts—e. g. to the servants of the publicani or farmers of the taxes, who collected the revenues for them (Cic. Pro Rab. Post. 11. 30); also to those who collected the money from the purchasers of things sold at a public auction (id. Pro Cluent. 64. 180). The father of Horace was a coactor, but there are no means of determining to which class he belonged (Hor. Sat. i. 6, 86; Vit. Hor.).