torch-bearer
TORCH-BEARER
qui facem praefert ardentem (Cic. Cat. 1 6 13). ☞ Taedifer is poetical.
qui facem praefert ardentem (Cic. Cat. 1 6 13). ☞ Taedifer is poetical.
torch-bearer:
1. poet., taedĭfer, ĕri; f. -fĕra: Ov. H. 2, 42 (t. Dea).
2. lampădārius (v. late): Imp. Cod. (Called also, lampadifer, Not. Tir.) [N.B.--In prose best expr. by meton., using funale, as Cic. Sen. 13, 44, crebro funali et tibicine, with a number of torch-bearers (lit. torches) and pipers; the torch implying the bearer. Servum praelucentem, Suet. Aug. 29, is an expr. hardly to be imitated: Cic. would perh. rather have said, servum cum funali praecedentem; or servum funale [taedam] praeferentem, cf. id. Cat. 1, 6, 13, cui non ad libidinem facem praetulisti.]
1. poet., taedĭfer, ĕri; f. -fĕra: Ov. H. 2, 42 (t. Dea).
2. lampădārius (v. late): Imp. Cod. (Called also, lampadifer, Not. Tir.) [N.B.--In prose best expr. by meton., using funale, as Cic. Sen. 13, 44, crebro funali et tibicine, with a number of torch-bearers (