lictorn.

Brit.

/ˈlɪktə/,

/ˈlɪktɔː/, U.S.

/ˈlɪktər/

Forms: Also Middle English littour.

Etymology: Latin; perhaps agent-noun < lig-, root of ligāre to bind.

Roman History.

a. An officer whose functions were to attend upon a magistrate, bearing the fasces before him, and to execute sentence of judgement upon offenders. A dictator had twenty-four lictors, a consul twelve.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > attendant on judge or magistrate

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xvi. 35 The magistratis senten littoures, that ben mynistris of ponysching, seyinge, Dismitte, or delyuere, ȝe tho men.

1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xxiv. 114 (margin) The fagots of the licturs.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 210 Sawcie Lictors Will catch at vs like Strumpets.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Lictor, a Serieant, a Hang~man.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 65 Lictors and rods the ensigns of thir power.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. xv. 302 Each [decemvir] was attended by his twelve lictors, who carried not the rods only but the axe.

1843 T. B. Macaulay Battle Lake Regillus i Ho, lictors, clear the way!

b. transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [noun] > one who punishes

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1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) viii. 223 God shall not greatly need any Lictors or Tormenters.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ii. 31 They..become their own Lictors and make that their choice which is their extremest punishment.

1687 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II (ed. 2) II. vii. 352 Satan as the Lictor or Executioner of our Saviour immediately seized the Criminal, and inflicted on him some bodily disease or torment.

1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iii. ii. 120 A thousand justices in judgment sit, A thousand lictors deal most righteous blows.

Derivatives

† licˈtorian adj. Obsolete pertaining to a lictor.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lictorian, pertaining to a Sergeant or Lictor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lictor
释义	lictorn. Brit. /ˈlɪktə/, /ˈlɪktɔː/, U.S. /ˈlɪktər/ Forms: Also Middle English littour. Etymology: Latin; perhaps agent-noun < lig-, root of ligāre to bind. Roman History. a. An officer whose functions were to attend upon a magistrate, bearing the fasces before him, and to execute sentence of judgement upon offenders. A dictator had twenty-four lictors, a consul twelve. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > attendant on judge or magistrate lictorc1384 porter1607 javelin-man1705 judge's marshal1830 javelin1849 javelineer1879 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xvi. 35 The magistratis senten littoures, that ben mynistris of ponysching, seyinge, Dismitte, or delyuere, ȝe tho men. 1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xxiv. 114 (margin) The fagots of the licturs. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 210 Sawcie Lictors Will catch at vs like Strumpets. View more context for this quotation 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Lictor, a Serieant, a Hang~man. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 65 Lictors and rods the ensigns of thir power. View more context for this quotation 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. xv. 302 Each [decemvir] was attended by his twelve lictors, who carried not the rods only but the axe. 1843 T. B. Macaulay Battle Lake Regillus i Ho, lictors, clear the way! b. transferred. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] > one who punishes punishera1387 chastiserc1440 scourger1533 visitor1545 executioner1578 visiter1608 lictor1638 animadverter1694 1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) viii. 223 God shall not greatly need any Lictors or Tormenters. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ii. 31 They..become their own Lictors and make that their choice which is their extremest punishment. 1687 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II (ed. 2) II. vii. 352 Satan as the Lictor or Executioner of our Saviour immediately seized the Criminal, and inflicted on him some bodily disease or torment. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iii. ii. 120 A thousand justices in judgment sit, A thousand lictors deal most righteous blows. Derivatives † licˈtorian adj. Obsolete pertaining to a lictor. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lictorian, pertaining to a Sergeant or Lictor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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