sulcator

sulcātor, ōris, m. [id.], one who draws furrows, a furrower, plougher (in postAug. poets).

I.

Lit.:

Leontini campi,

Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 939:

patuli agri,

Avien. Perieg. 587.—

II.

Transf., one who sails over, traverses, etc.:

sulcator navita ponti,

Sil. 7, 363:

pigri Averni,

i. e. Charon, Stat. Th. 11, 588; cf.

undae,

id. ib. 8, 18:

Bagrada sulcator harenae,

Luc. 4, 588.—

B.

A render, tearer, lacerator:

lateris sulcator (vultur),

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 340.