lictor

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.

Translations

 * Catalan: lictor
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥάβδουχος
 * Italian:
 * Latin: līctor
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: lictor
 * Spanish: lictor
 * Swedish: liktor

Etymology
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Etymology
Possibly from the same root as. In this case, the reference might be to the symbol and their role as a magistrates' attaché; see also  and. The long vowel would be the result of Lachmann's law, as in from. Aulus Gellius writes that Valgius Rufus derived from, whereas Tiro Tullius, a freedman of Cicero, derived it from. The same root has been dubiously connected to. On the basis of the Albanian, the root is reconstructed as , although the lack of other certain cognates makes it uncertain.

Pronunciation

 * Gellius states that the vowel in the first syllable is long.
 * Gellius states that the vowel in the first syllable is long.

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