teacher Copy link Outline 1. doctor2. măgister (a master)3. praeceptor (one who teaches by rule or system)4. auctor (com. gen.5. prŏfessor (a public t.)6. instĭtūtor Lampr. Comm. 1, 7.7. ērŭdītor8. trādens, ntis (prop. a part., one who teaches)9. vātes, is, comm. (an authority)10. expr. by special words to express the subjects taught • teacher: 1. doctor: t.s of rhetoric, rhetorici d., Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86: artists and t.s of eloquence, dicendi artifices et d., id. ib. 1, 6, 23: to send for some one to be his son's t., accire aliquem filio d., id. ib. 3, 35, 141: (Apollo) t. of the melodious muse, d. argutae Thaliae, Hor. Od. 4, 6, 25. 2. măgister (a master): t.s of the liberal arts, artium liberalium m., Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35: very able t.s from Greece, exquisiti e Graecia m., id. Brut. 27, 104: a dry t., m. aridus, Quint. 2, 4, 8: a school-t., literarius m., Vopisc. Tac. 6, 5: to discharge the office of t., magistri personam sustinere, Suet. Gram. 24: t.s to whom we send our children, m. ad quos liberos mittimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 133: boys are trained under t.s, pueri apud m. exercentur, id. ib. 1, 57. 244: stale repetitions weary wretched t.s to death, occidit miseros crambe repetita m., Juv. 7, 154: I wish you to be my t. in this matter, te uti in hac re magistro volo, Cic. Caecin. 11, 32. experience is the best t., usus m. est optimus, id. Rab. Post. 4, 9: the pen, the best t. of eloquence, stilus, optimus dicendi m., id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: f. -tra: philosophy, the t. of morals, philosophia, m. morum, id. Tusc. 5, 2, 5. 3. praeceptor (one who teaches by rule or system): they willed that the t. should be in the stead of a revered parent, p. sancti voluere parentis esse loco, Juv. 7, 209: not merely a t., but, moreover, a guardian and tutor must be sought for, non modo p. sed etiam custos rectorque quaerendus est, Plin. Ep. 3, 3, ad med.: your t.s and instructors in virtue, vestri p. et virtutis magistri, Cic. Mur. 31, 65. t.s of the way of life, p. vivendi, id. Inv. 1, 25, 35: there is need of the most distinguished t.s, praestantissimis p. opus est, Quint. 1, 1, 10: f. -trix. Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43. 4. auctor (com. gen.: one who originates anything: a leader or t.): with Cratippus for your t., Cratippo auctore, Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8 a most famous t. of divine and human law, divini humanique juris a. celeberrimus, Vell. 2, 26, 2: Liv. 1, 59. Join: a. et magister, Cic. Or. 3, 10: a. et praeceptor, id. Phil. 2, 6, 14. 5. prŏfessor (a public t.): a somewhat noted t., non obscurus p., Quint. 2, 15, 36: a t. of eloquence, p. eloquentiae, Suet. Rhet. 5: adj.: professorius, Tac. A. 13, 14, ad fin. 6. instĭtūtor Lampr. Comm. 1, 7. 7. ērŭdītor: Tert. Pall. 4: f. -trix, Flor. 2, 6, 38. 8. trādens, ntis (prop. a part., one who teaches): it is the fault of the t., culpa tradentis est, Quint. 3, 6, 59. 9. vātes, is, comm. (an authority): a t. of medicine, medicinae v., Plin. 11, 37, 89. 10. expr. by special words to express the subjects taught: as, a t. of eloquence, rhētor, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84: a t. of grammar, grammaticus, Quint. 2, 4, 1: a t. of language, grammătista, Suet. Gram. 4 (q. v.): grammătŏdĭdascălus, Mart. Cap.: lītĕrio, Amm. 17, 11, 1: a t. of oratory, dēclāmātor, Cic. Or. 15, 47: a t. of reading and writing, lītĕrātor, App. Flor. p. 363: a school-t., lūdīmăgister, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72 (ludi magister, al.). Phr professional ts, ii qui se docere profitentur, id. ib. 1, 5, 10: he did not place himself under any t., nemini se ad docendum dabat, id. Brut. 89, 306 taught under Greek t.s, Graecis institutionibus eruditi, id. N. D. 1, 4, 8: are you a t. of declamation? declamare doces? Juv. 7. 150: an under-t., prŏschŏlus, Aug.: v. subdoceo, 2, under teach.