inventor Copy link Outline 1. inventor, f. trix2. rĕpertor3. monstrātor (poet.)4. auctor (originator) • inventor: 1. inventor, f. trix: i. of all arts, i. omnium artium, Caes. B. G. 6, 17: Cic.: Virg. 2. rĕpertor: i. of poetry and medicine, carminis et medicae artis r., Ov. R. Am. 76: Virg. 3. monstrātor (poet.): Virg.: Ov. 4. auctor (originator): Hor. S. 1, 10, 66: v. author. (N.B.--Very oft. expr. by verb: the Phoenicians were the i.s of ..., invenerunt Phoenices ...: v. to invent.)