viator
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Etymology
Origin of viator
First recorded in 1495–1505; from Latin viātor, equivalent to viā(re) “to travel” (derivative of via “way”) + -tor -tor
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However, one new species named as part of the latest study -- named Protemnodon viator -- was much bigger, weighing up to 170 kg.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Its name, viator, is Latin for 'traveller' or 'wayfarer'.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Protemnodon viator was well-adapted to its arid central Australian habitat, living in similar areas to the red kangaroos of today.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
In many cases, if the viator lives longer than expected, investors can end up having to pay premiums to maintain the policy.
From Time Magazine Archive
This occurs in the Fasti;—elsewhere he notices it for its danger: "Ut facibus sepes ardent, cum forte viator Vel nimis admovit, vel jam sub luce reliquit."
From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas
One of the tribunician viatores, a freedman of Gracchus, was commanded to fetch him down.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)
Curius as well as other old men used to receive their summonses to attend the Senate in their farm-houses, from which circumstance the summoners were called viatores or "travellers."
From Treatises on Friendship and Old Age by Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley
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