ambassador Copy link Outline 1. lēgātus2. ōrātor (prop. a speaker) • ambassador: 1. lēgātus: to send a.s to declare war, legatos ad indicendum bellum mittere, Liv.: the rights of a.s, jus legatorum, Caes.: Cic.: Hor. 2. ōrātor (prop. a speaker): Fabricius, sent as a. to Pyrrhus about the prisoners, Fabricius ad Pyrrhum de captivis missus orator, Cic.: Liv. Phr.: they sent an honourable man as a. to Apronius, hominem honestum legarunt ad Apronium, Cic.: to carry instructions in the character of an a., (yet not formally an a.), oratoris modo (ad aliquem) mandata perferre, Caes. Or expr. by oratoris s. legati loco: cf. orator (2).