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agitator

agitator, a driver

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

agitātor, ōris, m.: one who drives; a charioteer, 2.476. (agitō)
ăgĭtātor, ōris, m. [agito], pr.
  • he that puts a thing in motion; used exclusively of those who drive animals (asses, horses, etc.), a driver (cf. agaso): agitator aselli, poet. for a peasant, Verg. G. 1, 273: equorum Achillis, i.e. the charioteer, id. A. 2, 476: sustineat currum ut bonu' saepe agitator equosque, Lucil. p. 154 Müll.—Hence,
  • II Esp., a charioteer, a combatant in the games of the circus, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 50 (159): ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad finem veniam, equos sustinebo, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 20; Suet. Calig. 55; so Inscr. Orell. 2593 sq.: agitatores consopiti sunt, Vulg. Nah. 2, 3.

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