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mercator

mercator, a trader, merchant, wholesale dealer

mercātor, ōris, m. [mercor], a trader, merchant, esp. a wholesale dealer (opp. to caupo, a retailer; class.).
  • I Lit.: venalicii mercatoresque, Cic. Or. 70, 232: multi ad eos mercatores ventitant, Caes. B. G. 4, 3. —
  • II Transf.
    • A A dealer, speculator: non consules, sed mercatores provinciarum, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 4, 10.—Rarely of a petty dealer: vilis sacci mercator olentis, Juv. 14, 269.—
    • B A buyer, purchaser: signorum, Cic. Verr. 1, 20, 60: veneni, Juv. 13, 154.

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