conditor

1.

condĭtor, ōris, m. [id.], a maker, builder, framer, establisher, founder, author, compiler, etc.

I.

Prop. (class.; most freq. in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).

(α).

With gen.:

Romanae arcis,

Verg. A. 8, 313:

oppidum magnum, cujus conditor,

Sall. J. 89, 4:

simulacra infantium conditorum urbis,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Liv. 10, 23, 12; cf.:

casa illa conditoris nostri,

id. 5, 53, 8; cf.

of the founders of states,

Ov. M. 4, 566; 14, 849; *Hor. A. P. 394; Quint. 2, 16, 9; 3, 2, 4 al.; Suet. Aug. 7; 98 Bremi al.:

tanti regni Cyrus,

Just. 2, 10: historiae, Ov. lb. 522; Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29:

Romani anni,

i. e. author of the Fasti, Ov. F. 6, 21:

scientiae medicorum,

Sen. Ep. 95, 20:

pessimorum carminum,

Curt. 8, 5, 8:

legum atque jurium,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 86; cf.:

legum lator conditorque Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

ejus sacri,

id. 39, 17, 7:

Romanae libertatis,

id. 8, 34, 3; 1, 42, 4:

mundi,

Sen. Ep. 119, 15; id. Phoen. 655.—Rarely,

(β).

Absol.: T. Sicinium... conditorem Veios sequantur, i. e. who advises a removal to Veii, ktistên, Liv. 5, 24, 11:

conditorum, parentum, deorum numero nobis eritis,

id. 7, 30, 19:

sacrificium quod Aeneae conditori faciunt,

id. 40, 4, 9:

humilis,

writer, author, Tib. 4, 1, 4.—In a sarcastic pun:

ipse conditor totius negotii Guttam aspergit huic Balbo (with allusion to the meaning of condo, to lay up fruits, cf. the foll.),

Cic. Clu. 26, 71.—

II.

Condĭ-tor, nom. propr., a rural deity who presided over the laying up of fruits, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.

2.

condītor, ōris, m. [condio], one who prepares a thing in a savory manner, a seasoner (very rare): ciconiarum, Poët. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 2, 2, 49.