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Definition of Lictors
1. lictor [n] - See also: lictor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lictors
Literary usage of Lictors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The emperors had twelve lictors to the time of Domitian, ... 4), but in the later
Empire the attendance of lictors gradually fell into disuse. ..."
2. A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Based on Sir William by Francis Warre Cornish (1898)
"The lictors bore fasces with aies, to show that the king or magistrate had the
... The lictors, aa representatives of the consul, actually carried out the ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"lictors, in Rome, were the public sen-ants, who attended upon the ... When a
magistrate of high rank appeared in public, the lictors preceded him in a rile, ..."
4. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1866)
"They were preceded by 12 lictors, can-ring the fasces or bundle of sticks, in
the middle of ... Hal. monthly, to be preceded by the lictors while a Rome, ..."
5. Appian's Roman History by Appianus, Horace White (1913)
"There was straightway a crowd around v[1[ his doors composed of lictors, army
officers, guards, and all things that inspire terror and awe. ..."
6. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"When a magistrate of high rank appeared in public, the lictors preceded him in
... When he returned to his own house, or entered another, the lictors struck ..."
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