framer Copy link Outline I. Maker, constructor1. fabrĭcātor, f., -trix2. ŏpĭfex, ĭcis, m. (workman, manufacturer)3. creātorII. One who draws up a law • framer: I. Maker, constructor: 1. fabrĭcātor, f., -trix: the f. of so vast a work (the world), ille f. tanti operis, Cic. Tim. 2, med.: f. of a stratagem, f. doli, Virg. 2. ŏpĭfex, ĭcis, m. (workman, manufacturer): the f. and builder of the world, o. aedificatorque mundi, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: the great f. of the universe, o. ille rerum, Ov. 3. creātor: v. creator. II. One who draws up a law: lātor (strictly, the proposer): the f. of the Sempronian law, l. legis Semproniae, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10: cf. Liv. 3, 31, fin., quum de legibus conveniret, de latore tantum discreparet.
FRAMER Copy link • FRAMERopifex: fabricator (the workman of anything): auctor (the author of anything; he to whom the invention or execution of an object is due): conditor (the founder of anything): parens (the father of anything; Vid: FOUNDER). The framer of laws, Vid: LEGISLATOR.