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officer in ancient Rome

Munatius Flaccus proximum gladio traicit lictorem; hoc interfecto Q. Cassium legatum vulnerat.
Munatius Plancus killed the lictor, that was next Longinus; and wounded Q. Cassius his lieutenant.

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official attendant upon a magistrate

six before a praetor · they scourged or beheaded condemned criminals · twelve before a consul · twenty-four lictors · usher · walked in single file before a dictator · with the fasces

Lictor

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historical profession

Munatius Flaccus proximum gladio traicit lictorem; hoc interfecto Q. Cassium legatum vulnerat.
Munatius Plancus killed the lictor, that was next Longinus; and wounded Q. Cassius his lieutenant.

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mox omissis lictoribus Patavium concessit.
In a short time he gave up his lictors, and retired to Patavium.

eo anno neque quod L. Aruseius * * * morte adfecti forent, adsuetudine malorum ut atrox advertebatur, sed exterruit quod Vibulenus Agrippa eques Romanus, cum perorassent accusatores, in ipsa curia depromptum sinu venenum hausit prolapsusque ac moribundus festinatis lictorum manibus in carcerem raptus est faucesque iam exanimis laqueo vexatae.
But there was a panic when Vibulenus Agrippa, a Roman knight, as soon as his accusers had finished their case, took from his robe, in the very Senate-house, a dose of poison, drank it off, and, as he fell expiring, was hurried away to prison by the prompt hands of lictors, where the neck of the now lifeless man was crushed with the halter.

Munatius Flaccus proximum gladio traicit lictorem; hoc interfecto Q. Cassium legatum vulnerat.
Munatius Plancus killed the lictor, that was next Longinus; and wounded Q. Cassius his lieutenant.

Sed nullus lictor se ingessit, et sic quinque minutis post ante aedes Vantine appulsi constitimus.
But no policeman interfered, and five minutes later we drew up before the Vantine place.

pulsantur comites, occiditur proximus lictor, dimovere turbam ausus: et ni dato a duce praesidio defensi forent, sacrum etiam inter exteras gentis legatorum ius ante ipsa patriae moenia civilis rabies usque in exitium temerasset.
Had they not been protected by an escort provided by the general, the dignity of the ambassador, respected even by foreign nations, would have been profaned with fatal violence by the madness of Roman citizens before the very walls of their Country.

Non enim gazae neque consularis Submovet lictor miseros tumultus 10 Mentis et curas laqueata circum Tecta volantis.
Non enim gazae neque consularis summouet lictor miseros tumultus 10 mentis et curas laqueata circum tecta uolantis.

Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, differta praefectis atque exactoribus: qui praeter imperatas pecunias suo etiam privato compendio serviebant; dictitabant enim se domo patriaque expulsos omnibus necessariis egere rebus, ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent.
The province was overrun with bailiffs and officers, and crowded with overseers and tax-gatherers; who, besides the duties imposed, exacted a gratuity for themselves; for they asserted, that being expelled from their own homes and countries, they stood in need of every necessary; endeavoring by a plausible pretense, to color the most infamous conduct.

hinc ventum Athenas, foederique sociae et vetustae urbis datum ut uno lictore uteretur.
Thence he went to Athens, and there, as a concession to our treaty with an allied and ancient city, he was attended only by a single lictor.

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decreti et a senatu duo lictores, flamonium Claudiale, simul Claudio censorium funus et mox consecratio.
"Still every honour was openly heaped on Agrippina, and to a tribune who according to military custom asked the watchword, Nero gave ""the best of mothers."" The Senate also decreed her two lictors, with the office of priestess to Claudius, and voted to the late emperor a censor's funeral, which was soon followed by deification."

mox adversa Germanici valetudine detentus, ubi recreatum accepit votaque pro incolumitate solvebantur, admotas hostias, sacrificalem apparatum, festam Antiochensium plebem per lictores proturbat.
Soon he was detained there by the failing health of Germanicus, but when he heard of his recovery, while people were paying the vows they had offered for his safety, he went attended by his lictors, drove away the victims placed by the altars with all the preparations for sacrifice, and the festal gathering of the populace of Antioch.

et jusso lictore recisa Ignavos cadet ante pedes fortissima cervix?
et iusso lictore reeisa ignavos cadet ante pedes fortissima cervix ?

"""Sunt; duo lictores totam noctem circum domum degerunt, ego autem et Rogers intus vigilavimus."""
"""Oh, yes, sir; there was two policemen outside all night, and Rogers and me inside."""