undertaker
undertaker
subs.
Coffin maker: Ar. σοροπηγός, ὁ.
subs.
Coffin maker: Ar. σοροπηγός, ὁ.
UNDERTAKER
libitinarius (Sen. Benef. 6 38 3). To be an undertaker Libitinam exercere (Val.Max. 5 2 10): (☞ pollinctor the slave who superintended the washing and anointing of the corpse; he was in the service of the libitinarius: designator the person who arranged the funeral procession Sen. loc. cit.; hence included under our notion of undertaker).
libitinarius (Sen. Benef. 6 38 3). To be an undertaker Libitinam exercere (Val.Max. 5 2 10): (☞ pollinctor the slave who superintended the washing and anointing of the corpse; he was in the service of the libitinarius: designator the person who arranged the funeral procession Sen. loc. cit.; hence included under our notion of undertaker).
undertaker:
I. In gen.:
1. expr. by qui suscipit, incipit, etc.
2. susceptor: Just. 8, 3.
II. A contractor: conductor: the u. of that work, ejus operis conductor, Cic. Q. F. 3, 1, 1: v.CONTRACTOR .
III. An u. of funerals:
1. lŏcator funeris, Plin. 7, 52, 55.
2. lĭbĭtīnārius: Sen. Benef. 6, 38, 3.
3. pollinctor: Mart. 10, 97, 3. To discharge the duty of an u.: libitinam exerceo, Val. Max. 5, 2, 10.
I. In gen.:
1. expr. by qui suscipit, incipit, etc.
2. susceptor: Just. 8, 3.
II. A contractor: conductor: the u. of that work, ejus operis conductor, Cic. Q. F. 3, 1, 1: v.
III. An u. of funerals:
1. lŏcator funeris, Plin. 7, 52, 55.
2. lĭbĭtīnārius: Sen. Benef. 6, 38, 3.
3. pollinctor: Mart. 10, 97, 3. To discharge the duty of an u.: libitinam exerceo, Val. Max. 5, 2, 10.
Undertaker
See funus; ustor.