paymaster
paymaster
subs.
P. μισθοδότης, ὁ, χορηγός, ὁ.
subs.
P. μισθοδότης, ὁ, χορηγός, ὁ.
PAYMASTER
One who pays (general term) qui solvit. A good dilatory bad paymaster bonum lentum malum nomen: a dilatory paymaster who makes all sorts of excuses lentus infitiator (Vid: commentators on Cic. Cat. 2 10 21).
Of the forces tribunus aerarius (at Rome): dispensator belli or cui negotium pecuniae dispensandae datum est (in war): quaestor (the military paymaster at Rome). To choose anybody he pleased for paymaster quem vellet eligere ad dispensandam pecuniam (Nep. In this sense the office implies virtually the whole management of the war).
One who pays (general term) qui solvit. A good dilatory bad paymaster bonum lentum malum nomen: a dilatory paymaster who makes all sorts of excuses lentus infitiator (Vid: commentators on Cic. Cat. 2 10 21).
Of the forces tribunus aerarius (at Rome): dispensator belli or cui negotium pecuniae dispensandae datum est (in war): quaestor (the military paymaster at Rome). To choose anybody he pleased for paymaster quem vellet eligere ad dispensandam pecuniam (Nep. In this sense the office implies virtually the whole management of the war).