stipator

stīpātor, ōris, m. [stipo; prop. one that presses upon, crowds about another; hence], an attendant of a nobleman; in plur., attendants, train, suite, retinue, bodyguard, etc. (class.; used by the Romans in a bad sense; cf.

satelles): latrones dicti ab latere, qui circum latera erant regi, quos postea a stipatione stipatores appellarunt,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.:

Alexander Pheraeus praemittebat de stipatoribus suis, qui scrutarentur arculas muliebres,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25;

of a royal train,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 138; Sen. Clem. 1, 13, 1; Tac. A. 4, 25; 11, 16; Just. 13, 4 al.:

stipatores corporis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32:

Venerii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65; cf.:

Catilina omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se, tamquam stipatorum, catervas habebat,

Sall. C. 14, 1.