excubitor

excubitor
excŭbĭtor, ōris, m. [excubo], one who keeps guard, a watchman, guard, sentinel:

haec eadem (castella) noctu excubitoribus ac firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 69 fin.:

tribunus excubitor,

the captain of the guard, Suet. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 8.—

Of a dog: quis excubitor inveniri potest vigilantior?

Col. 7, 12, 1.—Of a cock:

excubitor ales,

Verg. M. 2.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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